diff --git a/src/alpine/packages.sh b/src/alpine/packages.sh
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+++ b/src/alpine/packages.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+echo install packages for alpine distro
+apk update; apk upgrade; 
+pwd; ls -la
+echo ">>>> installing packages => alpine: $(cat ./packages); common: $(cat ../common/packages)"
+apk add --no-cache bash bash-completion $(cat ./packages) $(cat ../common/packages)
+# apk add bindfs --repository=http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing 
+# needed for useradd and groupadd
+apk add shadow --repository=http://dl-2.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community
diff --git a/src/debian/packages b/src/debian/packages
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+++ b/src/debian/packages
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+ca-certificates
+gpg
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diff --git a/src/debian/packages.sh b/src/debian/packages.sh
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+++ b/src/debian/packages.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+echo install packages for ubuntu distro
+apt-get update
+echo ">>>> installing packages => $(cat packages) $(cat common-packages)"
+apt-get install $(cat packages) $(cat ../common/packages) -y
+/bin/bash  add-ppa.sh -i -p git git-core/ppa
diff --git a/src/packages.sh b/src/packages.sh
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+++ b/src/packages.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+ echo "installing packages...."
+ cd ${LINUX_DISTRO} || exit 1
+/bin/sh packages.sh
+ cd ..
+ 
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diff --git a/src/ubuntu/packages.sh b/src/ubuntu/packages.sh
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+++ b/src/ubuntu/packages.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+echo install packages for ubuntu distro
+apt-get update
+echo ">>>> installing packages => $(cat packages) $(cat common-packages)"
+apt-get install $(cat packages) $(cat ../common/packages) -y
+# ./add-ppa.sh -i -p git git-core/ppa