diff --git a/requirements-debian.txt b/requirements-debian.txt
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+autoconf
+automake
+bsdmainutils
+build-essential
+curl
+g++-multilib
+git
+libc6-dev
+libcurl4-openssl-dev
+libtool
+ncurses-dev
+pkg-config
+python
+python-zmq
+m4
+unzip
+wget
+zlib1g-dev