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+redis-sentinel [platform:ubuntu !platform:ubuntu-trusty]
+redis-server [platform:dpkg]
+libpq-dev [platform:dpkg]
+postgresql [platform:dpkg]
+mysql-client [platform:dpkg]
+mysql-server [platform:dpkg]
+build-essential [platform:dpkg]
+libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
+zookeeperd [platform:dpkg]
+memcached [platform:dpkg]
+unzip [platform:dpkg]