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+#!/bin/bash
+# script to install software for theory group
+
+# root check
+if [ $(id -u) != 0 ]; 
+then
+  echo 'Needs to be run as root';
+  exit
+fi
+
+# R from marutter and RStudio
+add-apt-repository ppa:marutter/c2d4u
+aptitude update
+r-base r-base-dev r-recommended
+wget http://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-0.98.1091-amd64.deb
+dpkg -i rstudio-0.98.1091-amd64.deb
+apt-get -f -y install
+
+# additional software
+aptitude install -y synaptic wine codeblocks gsl-bin gsl-ref-html libc++1 libc++-dev inkscape freemind science-typesetting lyx kile texlive-science texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-lang-german texlive-lang-english texlive-extra-utils 
+pdfsam gimp recoll kazam xul-ext-lightning geany libvte9 pidgin pidgin-otr pidgin-encryption
+
+# zotero
+add-apt-repository ppa:smathot/cogscinl
+aptitude update
+aptitude install -y zotero-standalone
+