diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3f36ae8c..0aae0c9c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 *.pot
 *.pyc
 local_settings.py
-repo_name
\ No newline at end of file
+repo_name
+.idea
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/install_os_dependencies.sh b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/install_os_dependencies.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..477dcafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/install_os_dependencies.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+OS_REQUIREMENTS_FILENAME="requirements.apt"
+
+# Handle call with wrong command
+function wrong_command()
+{
+  echo "${0##*/} - unknown command: '${1}'"
+  usage_message
+}
+
+# Print help / script usage
+function usage_message()
+{
+  echo "usage: ./${0##*/} <command>"
+  echo "available commands are:"
+  echo -e "\tlist\t\tPrint a list of all packages defined on ${OS_REQUIREMENTS_FILENAME} file"
+  echo -e "\thelp\t\tPrint this help"
+  echo -e "\n\tCommands that require superuser permission:"
+  echo -e "\tinstall\t\tInstall packages defined on ${OS_REQUIREMENTS_FILENAME} file. Note: This\n\t\t\t   does not upgrade the packages already installed for new\n\t\t\t   versions, even if new version is available in the repository."
+  echo -e "\tupgrade\t\tSame that install, but upgrate the already installed packages,\n\t\t\t   if new version is available."
+
+}
+
+# Read the requirements.apt file, and remove comments and blank lines
+function list_packages(){
+     cat ${OS_REQUIREMENTS_FILENAME} | grep -v "#" | grep -v "^$";
+}
+
+function install()
+{
+    list_packages | xargs apt-get --no-upgrade install -y;
+}
+
+function upgrade()
+{
+    list_packages | xargs apt-get install -y;
+}
+
+
+function install_or_upgrade()
+{
+    P=${1}
+    PARAN=${P:-"install"}
+
+    if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echo -e "\nYou must run this with root privilege" 2>&1
+        echo -e "Please do:\n" 2>&1
+        echo "sudo ./${0##*/} $PARAN" 2>&1
+        echo -e "\n" 2>&1
+
+        exit 1
+    else
+
+        apt-get update
+
+        # Install the basic compilation dependencies and other required libraries of this project
+        if [ "$PARAN" == "install" ]; then
+            install;
+        else
+            upgrade;
+        fi
+
+        # cleaning downloaded packages from apt-get cache
+        apt-get clean
+
+        exit 0
+    fi
+
+
+}
+
+
+# Handle command argument
+case "$1" in
+    install) install_or_upgrade;;
+    upgrade) install_or_upgrade "upgrade";;
+    list) list_packages;;
+    help) usage_message;;
+    *) wrong_command $1;;
+esac
+
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/install_python_dependencies.sh b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/install_python_dependencies.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5d04044a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/install_python_dependencies.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+pip --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || { 
+    echo >&2 -e "\npip is required but it's not installed."
+    echo >&2 -e "You can install it by running the following command:\n"
+    echo >&2 "wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py; chmod +x get-pip.py; sudo ./get-pip.py"
+    echo >&2 -e "\n"
+    echo >&2 -e "\nFor more information, see pip documentation: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/"
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+virtualenv --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || { 
+    echo >&2 -e "\nvirtualenv is required but it's not installed."
+    echo >&2 -e "You can install it by running the following command:\n"
+    echo >&2 "sudo pip install virtualenv"
+    echo >&2 -e "\n"
+    echo >&2 -e "\nFor more information, see virtualenv documentation: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/"
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+if [ -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
+    echo >&2 -e "\nYou need activate a virtualenv first"
+    echo >&2 -e 'If you do not have a virtualenv created, run the following command to create and automatically activate a new virtualenv named "venv" on current folder:\n'
+    echo >&2 -e "virtualenv venv"
+    echo >&2 -e "\nTo leave/disable the currently active virtualenv, run the following command:\n"
+    echo >&2  "deactivate"
+    echo >&2 -e "\nTo activate the virtualenv again, run the following command:\n"
+    echo >&2  "source venv/bin/activate"
+    echo >&2 -e "\nFor more information, see virtualenv documentation: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/"
+    echo >&2 -e "\n"
+    exit 1;
+else
+
+    pip install -r requirements/local.txt
+    pip install -r requirements/test.txt
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
+fi
+
+
+
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.apt b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.apt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae26b958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+##basic build dependencies of various Django apps for Ubuntu 14.04
+#build-essential metapackage install: make, gcc, g++, 
+build-essential
+#required to translate
+gettext
+python-dev
+
+##shared dependencies of:
+##Pillow, pylibmc
+zlib1g-dev
+
+##Postgresql and psycopg2 dependencies
+libpq-dev
+
+##Pillow dependencies
+libtiff4-dev
+libjpeg8-dev
+libfreetype6-dev
+liblcms1-dev
+libwebp-dev
+
+##pylibmc
+libmemcached-dev
+libssl-dev
+
+##django-extensions
+graphviz-dev