diff --git a/scripts/install_build_environment.sh b/scripts/install_build_environment.sh
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+sudo apt-get install -y make \
+     m4 \
+     gcc \
+     patch \
+     bubblewrap \
+     rsync \
+     curl \
+     
+if [ -n "`uname -a | grep -i ubuntu`" ]
+then
+    sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:avsm/ppa
+    sudo apt-get update
+    sudo apt-get install -y opam
+else
+    # I'm going to assume here that we're on x86_64, 32-bit users should be basically
+    # extinct at this point right?
+    curl -L https://github.com/ocaml/opam/releases/download/2.0.4/opam-2.0.4-x86_64-linux \
+	 --output opam
+    if [ `openssl sha256 -r opam` = \
+	 "373e34f92f282273d482537f8103caad0d17b6f2699ff504bed77f474cb0c951 *opam" ]
+    then
+	   sudo mv opam /usr/local/bin/opam
+	   sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/opam
+    else
+	echo "opam file hash doesn't match what was recorded at time of signature verification!"
+	echo "(If you actually get this message, you should probably file an issue)"
+	exit 1
+    fi	   	   
+fi
+
+opam init -a --bare