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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#assumes a somewhat recent 64-bit ubuntu
+
+#need some openGL stuff
+sudo apt install libgl1-mesa-dev
+
+mkdir tmp
+cd tmp
+
+#get the bass prebuilt
+curl http://www.un4seen.com/files/bass24-linux.zip -o bass_linux.zip
+
+unzip bass_linux.zip
+
+cp x64/libbass.so ../../lib
+
+#get the discord-rpc prebuilt
+curl -L https://github.com/discordapp/discord-rpc/releases/download/v3.4.0/discord-rpc-linux.zip -o discord_rpc_linux.zip
+
+unzip discord_rpc_linux.zip
+
+cp discord-rpc/linux-dynamic/lib/libdiscord-rpc.so ../../lib/
+
+cd ..
+
+rm -rf tmp/