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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -e "SleekXMPP" ]
+then
+    echo "Updating SleekXMPP"
+    cd SleekXMPP
+    git pull
+    cd ..
+else
+    echo "Downloading SleekXMPP"
+    git clone git://github.com/louiz/SleekXMPP.git
+fi
+if [ -e "dnspython" ]
+then
+    echo "Updating dnspython"
+    cd dnspython
+    hg pull -u
+    cd ..
+else
+    echo "Downloading dnspython"
+    hg clone http://hg.louiz.org/dnspython
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e "src/dns" ]
+then
+    echo "Creating link src/dns"
+    ln -s src/dns dnspython/dns
+fi
+if [ ! -e "src/sleekxmpp" ]
+then
+    echo "Creating link src/sleekxmpp"
+    ln -s src/sleekxmpp SleekXMPP/sleekxmpp
+fi