diff --git a/install-deps.sh b/install-deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a59d20a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install-deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Formally part of quickstart.sh
+# Now broken out for more reuse
+# install-deps.sh
+
+python_cmd() {
+    distribution=unknown
+    distribution_major_version=unknown
+    # we prefer python2 because on few systems python->python3
+    python_cmd=python2
+
+    if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
+        . /etc/os-release
+        distribution_major_version=${VERSION_ID%.*}
+        case $NAME in
+        "Red Hat"*) distribution="RedHat"
+            if [ "$distribution_major_version" -ge "8" ]; then
+                python_cmd=python3
+            fi
+            ;;
+        "CentOS"*)
+            distribution="CentOS"
+            if [ "$distribution_major_version" -ge "8" ]; then
+                python_cmd=python3
+            fi
+            ;;
+        "Fedora"*)
+            distribution="Fedora"
+            if [ "$distribution_major_version" -ge "28" ]; then
+                python_cmd=python3
+            fi
+            ;;
+        "Ubuntu"*)
+            distribution="Ubuntu"
+            ;;
+        "Debian"*)
+            distribution="Debian"
+            ;;
+        esac
+    elif [ -f /etc/lsb-release ]; then
+        . /etc/lsb-release
+        distribution=${DISTRIB_ID}xx
+        distribution_major_version=${DISTRIB_RELEASE%.*}
+    elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
+        distribution="Debian"
+        distribution_major_version=$(cat /etc/debian_version | cut -d. -f1)
+    else
+        # Covers for FreeBSD and many others
+        distribution=$(uname -s)
+        if [ $distribution = Darwin ]; then
+            distribution="MacOSX"
+            distribution_major_version=$(sw_vers -productVersion | cut -d. -f1)
+        fi
+        which $python_cmd 2>&1 >/dev/null || {
+            python_cmd=/usr/local/bin/python2.7
+        }
+    fi
+    echo $python_cmd
+}
+
+package_manager() {
+    PKG="$(command -v dnf || command -v yum)"
+    if [ "$(python_cmd)" == "python3" ]; then
+        echo "${PKG} -y --exclude='python2*' $*"
+    else
+        echo "${PKG} -y --exclude='python3*' $*"
+    fi
+}
+
+check_python_module () {
+    # validate module import and print package versions on single final line
+    $(python_cmd) -c "from __future__ import print_function; import $1; print('$1:%s ' % $1.__version__, end='')"
+}
+
+
+install_deps () {
+    # If sudo isn't installed assume we already are a super user
+    # install it anyways so that the install of the other deps succeeds
+    PYTHON_PACKAGES=()
+    MODULE_NAMES="pip virtualenv setuptools"
+    rpm -q sudo || $(package_manager) install -y sudo
+    sudo -n true && passwordless_sudo="1" || passwordless_sudo="0"
+    if [[ "$passwordless_sudo" == "1" ]]; then
+        if [ "$(python_cmd)" == "python3" ]; then
+            # possible bug in ansible, f29 python 3 env fails
+            # w/o both python-libselinux packages installed
+            # https://bugs.launchpad.net/tripleo/+bug/1812324
+            PYTHON_PACKAGES+=("python3-libselinux python2-libselinux")
+            PYTHON_PACKAGES+=("python3-PyYAML")
+            SETUPTOOLS_PACKAGE=python3-setuptools
+            VIRTUALENV_PACKAGE=python3-virtualenv
+            PIP_PACKAGE=python3-pip
+        else
+            PYTHON_PACKAGES+=("libselinux-python")
+            SETUPTOOLS_PACKAGE=python-setuptools
+            VIRTUALENV_PACKAGE=python-virtualenv
+            PIP_PACKAGE=python-pip
+        fi
+
+        check_python_module virtualenv &> /dev/null || \
+            PYTHON_PACKAGES+=($VIRTUALENV_PACKAGE)
+
+        check_python_module setuptools &> /dev/null || \
+            PYTHON_PACKAGES+=($SETUPTOOLS_PACKAGE)
+
+        sudo $(package_manager) install -y \
+            /usr/bin/git \
+            gcc \
+            iproute \
+            libyaml \
+            libffi-devel \
+            openssl-devel \
+            redhat-rpm-config \
+            ${PYTHON_PACKAGES[@]}
+    else
+        echo "WARNING: SUDO is not passwordless, assuming all packages are installed!"
+    fi
+
+    # pip is a special case because centos-7 repos do not have an rpm for
+    # it but EPEL or OSP repos do, so we attempt to install the rpm and
+    # fallback to easy_install before failing
+    check_python_module pip &> /dev/null || {
+        if yum provides pip 2>&1 | grep 'No matches found' >/dev/null; then
+            sudo easy_install pip
+        else
+            sudo $(package_manager) install -y $PIP_PACKAGE
+        fi
+    }
+
+    MISSING_MODULES=()
+    for module_name in $MODULE_NAMES; do
+        check_python_module $module_name || MISSING_MODULES+=("$module_name")
+    done
+    if [[ -n $MISSING_MODULES ]]; then
+        echo "ERROR: ${MISSING_MODULES[@]} not installed" 1>&2
+        return 1
+    else
+        echo "install-deps succeeded."
+    fi
+}
+
+[[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "${0}" ]] && install_deps
diff --git a/quickstart.sh b/quickstart.sh
index 822c092c2..179c1fd10 100755
--- a/quickstart.sh
+++ b/quickstart.sh
@@ -39,140 +39,7 @@ clean_virtualenv() {
 : ${OOOQ_BASE_REQUIREMENTS:=requirements.txt}
 : ${OOOQ_EXTRA_REQUIREMENTS:=quickstart-extras-requirements.txt}
 
-python_cmd() {
-    distribution=unknown
-    distribution_major_version=unknown
-    # we prefer python2 because on few systems python->python3
-    python_cmd=python2
-
-    if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
-        . /etc/os-release
-        distribution_major_version=${VERSION_ID%.*}
-        case $NAME in
-        "Red Hat"*) distribution="RedHat"
-            if [ "$distribution_major_version" -ge "8" ]; then
-                python_cmd=python3
-            fi
-            ;;
-        "CentOS"*)
-            distribution="CentOS"
-            if [ "$distribution_major_version" -ge "8" ]; then
-                python_cmd=python3
-            fi
-            ;;
-        "Fedora"*)
-            distribution="Fedora"
-            if [ "$distribution_major_version" -ge "28" ]; then
-                python_cmd=python3
-            fi
-            ;;
-        "Ubuntu"*)
-            distribution="Ubuntu"
-            ;;
-        "Debian"*)
-            distribution="Debian"
-            ;;
-        esac
-    elif [ -f /etc/lsb-release ]; then
-        . /etc/lsb-release
-        distribution=${DISTRIB_ID}xx
-        distribution_major_version=${DISTRIB_RELEASE%.*}
-    elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
-        distribution="Debian"
-        distribution_major_version=$(cat /etc/debian_version | cut -d. -f1)
-    else
-        # Covers for FreeBSD and many others
-        distribution=$(uname -s)
-        if [ $distribution = Darwin ]; then
-            distribution="MacOSX"
-            distribution_major_version=$(sw_vers -productVersion | cut -d. -f1)
-        fi
-        which $python_cmd 2>&1 >/dev/null || {
-            python_cmd=/usr/local/bin/python2.7
-        }
-    fi
-    echo $python_cmd
-}
-
-package_manager() {
-    PKG="$(command -v dnf || command -v yum)"
-    if [ "$(python_cmd)" == "python3" ]; then
-        echo "${PKG} -y --exclude='python2*' $*"
-    else
-        echo "${PKG} -y --exclude='python3*' $*"
-    fi
-}
-
-check_python_module () {
-    # validate module import and print package versions on single final line
-    $(python_cmd) -c "from __future__ import print_function; import $1; print('$1:%s ' % $1.__version__, end='')"
-}
-
-install_deps () {
-    # If sudo isn't installed assume we already are a super user
-    # install it anyways so that the install of the other deps succeeds
-    PYTHON_PACKAGES=()
-    MODULE_NAMES="pip virtualenv setuptools"
-    rpm -q sudo || $(package_manager) install -y sudo
-    sudo -n true && passwordless_sudo="1" || passwordless_sudo="0"
-    if [[ "$passwordless_sudo" == "1" ]]; then
-        if [ "$(python_cmd)" == "python3" ]; then
-            # possible bug in ansible, f29 python 3 env fails
-            # w/o both python-libselinux packages installed
-            # https://bugs.launchpad.net/tripleo/+bug/1812324
-            PYTHON_PACKAGES+=("python3-libselinux python2-libselinux")
-            PYTHON_PACKAGES+=("python3-PyYAML")
-            SETUPTOOLS_PACKAGE=python3-setuptools
-            VIRTUALENV_PACKAGE=python3-virtualenv
-            PIP_PACKAGE=python3-pip
-        else
-            PYTHON_PACKAGES+=("libselinux-python")
-            SETUPTOOLS_PACKAGE=python-setuptools
-            VIRTUALENV_PACKAGE=python-virtualenv
-            PIP_PACKAGE=python-pip
-        fi
-
-        check_python_module virtualenv &> /dev/null || \
-            PYTHON_PACKAGES+=($VIRTUALENV_PACKAGE)
-
-        check_python_module setuptools &> /dev/null || \
-            PYTHON_PACKAGES+=($SETUPTOOLS_PACKAGE)
-
-        sudo $(package_manager) install -y \
-            /usr/bin/git \
-            gcc \
-            iproute \
-            libyaml \
-            libffi-devel \
-            openssl-devel \
-            redhat-rpm-config \
-            ${PYTHON_PACKAGES[@]}
-    else
-        echo "WARNING: SUDO is not passwordless, assuming all packages are installed!"
-    fi
-
-    # pip is a special case because centos-7 repos do not have an rpm for
-    # it but EPEL or OSP repos do, so we attempt to install the rpm and
-    # fallback to easy_install before failing
-    check_python_module pip &> /dev/null || {
-        if yum provides pip 2>&1 | grep 'No matches found' >/dev/null; then
-            sudo easy_install pip
-        else
-            sudo $(package_manager) install -y $PIP_PACKAGE
-        fi
-    }
-
-    MISSING_MODULES=()
-    for module_name in $MODULE_NAMES; do
-        check_python_module $module_name || MISSING_MODULES+=("$module_name")
-    done
-    if [[ -n $MISSING_MODULES ]]; then
-        echo "ERROR: ${MISSING_MODULES[@]} not installed" 1>&2
-        return 1
-    else
-        echo "install-deps succeeded."
-    fi
-}
+source install-deps.sh
 
 print_logo () {