diff --git a/Scripts/setup_dev_ubuntu.sh b/Scripts/setup_dev_ubuntu.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+#
+# Packages to install to set up a friendly default development environment on Ubuntu
+#
+sudo apt-get install g++ gcc gdb make 
+sudo apt-get install vim ctags subversion
+sudo apt-get install manpages manpages-dev manpages-posix-dev
+sudo apt-get install libcppunit-1.12-1 libcppunit-doc
+sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev libqt4-gui
+sudo apt-get install doxygen libqttestrunner1c2a qdevelop
+sudo apt-get install kchmviewer-nokde gnochm
+# llvm
+
+
+

diff --git a/Scripts/setup_dev_ubuntu.sh b/Scripts/setup_dev_ubuntu.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+#
+# Packages to install to set up a friendly default development environment on Ubuntu
+#
+sudo apt-get install g++ gcc gdb make 
+sudo apt-get install vim ctags subversion
+sudo apt-get install manpages manpages-dev manpages-posix-dev
+sudo apt-get install libcppunit-1.12-1 libcppunit-doc
+sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev libqt4-gui
+sudo apt-get install doxygen libqttestrunner1c2a qdevelop
+sudo apt-get install kchmviewer-nokde gnochm
+# llvm
+
+
+
diff --git a/Scripts/setup_mirror_ubuntu.sh b/Scripts/setup_mirror_ubuntu.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ ! "$UID" = "0" ]
+then
+   echo "This script requires being run as root, eg: \$ sudo $0"
+   exit
+fi
+
+if [ ! `crontab -l | grep "apt-mirror" -c` = "0" ]
+then
+   echo "Bailing out early. It appears that apt-mirror is already install and run by cron"
+   echo "Perhaps you have already installed this before"
+   exit
+fi
+
+if [ -d /var/www/ubuntu ]
+then
+   echo "Bailing out early. It appears that /var/www/ubuntu already exists"
+   echo "Perhaps you have already installed this before"
+   exit
+fi
+
+echo -e "`crontab -l`\n`echo '2 */12 * * * /usr/bin/apt-mirror'`" | crontab -
+
+apt-get install apt-mirror apache2
+
+if [ ! -d /var/www ]
+then
+   echo "Bailing out early. It appears that /var/www doesnt exist"
+   echo "Perhaps there is a problem with your apache2 installation"
+   exit
+fi
+
+mkdir -p /home/apt-mirror/ubuntu
+chown -R apt-mirror:apt-mirror /home/apt-mirror
+ln -s /home/apt-mirror/ubuntu /var/www/ubuntu
+
+mv /etc/apt/mirror.list /etc/apt/mirror.list.orig
+cat > /etc/apt/mirror.list << EOF
+set nthreads 50
+set _tilde 0
+set base_path /home/apt-mirror/ubuntu
+deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid main restricted universe multiverse
+deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-updates main restricted universe multiverse
+deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted universe multiverse
+deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid main restricted universe multiverse
+deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-updates main restricted universe multiverse
+deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted universe multiverse
+clean http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
+EOF
+
+echo
+echo If you want to use this repsoitory, edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list and add lines like follows:
+echo
+echo deb http://localhost/ubuntu/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid main restricted universe multiverse
+echo deb-src http://localhost/ubuntu/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid main restricted universe multiverse
+echo deb http://localhost/ubuntu/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-updates main restricted universe multiverse
+echo deb-src http://localhost/ubuntu/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-updates main restricted universe multiverse
+echo deb http://localhost/ubuntu/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted universe multiverse
+echo deb-src http://localhost/ubuntu/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted universe multiverse
+echo
+echo Modify the host name to suit for client machines other than the local machine
+echo
+
+apt-mirror
+
+