--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/dev/modules/sysconfig/manifests/packages.pp	Thu Nov 20 17:44:01 2014 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+class sysconfig::packages {
+
+  $catedit_pkgs = [
+      'python-dev',
+      'python-setuptools',
+      'libpq-dev',
+      'libjpeg8-dev',
+      'libxslt-dev',
+      'libxml2',
+      'mercurial'
+  ]
+  
+  package { $catedit_pkgs: ensure => "installed" }
+
+  #upgrade setuptools
+  exec { '/usr/bin/easy_install --upgrade setuptools': require => Package[$catedit_pkgs]}
+
+  
+}