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+#!/bin/sh
+
+wget "http://dl.maptools.org/dl/shapelib/?file=shapelib-1.2.10.tar.gz&ACTION=Download" -O shapelib-1.2.10.tar.gz
+wget http://ftp.intevation.de/users/bh/pyshapelib/pyshapelib-0.3.tar.gz
+tar xf shapelib-1.2.10.tar.gz
+tar -C shapelib-1.2.10 -xf pyshapelib-0.3.tar.gz
+cd shapelib-1.2.10/pyshapelib-0.3
+python setup.py build
+python setup.py install