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+# Copyright lowRISC contributors.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE for details.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# Keep sorted.
+autoconf
+bison
+build-essential
+clang-format
+curl
+flex
+g++
+git
+libelf1
+libelf-dev
+libftdi1-2
+libftdi1-dev
+libssl-dev
+libusb-1.0
+make
+ninja-build
+pkgconf
+python3
+python3-pip
+python3-setuptools
+srecord
+tree
+zlib1g-dev