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+#!/bin/bash
+set -x
+
+# This file is part of BOINC.
+# http://boinc.berkeley.edu
+# Copyright (C) 2015 University of California
+#
+# BOINC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+# either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# BOINC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+# See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with BOINC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+## Travis-CI support script to build BOINC on Macintosh
+## Downloads third party libraries needed for building BOINC on Macintosh
+## if needed.
+## The directory is cached by Travis-CI for all subsequent runs of the VM
+
+# change to correct working directory because the script is called like: ./mac3rdParty/buildMacTravis.sh
+cd ./mac3rdParty
+
+# if the versioning changes try to delete the old directory and change .travis.yml to cache the new directory
+
+
+if [ ! -d "c-ares-1.10.0" ]; then
+  wget http://c-ares.haxx.se/download/c-ares-1.10.0.tar.gz
+  tar -xf c-ares-1.10.0.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "curl-7.39.0" ]; then
+  wget http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.39.0.tar.gz
+  tar -xf curl-7.39.0.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "openssl-1.0.1j" ]; then
+  wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1j.tar.gz
+  tar -xf openssl-1.0.1j.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "wxWidgets-3.0.0" ]; then
+  wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/3.0.0/wxWidgets-3.0.0.tar.bz2/
+  tar -xf wxWidgets-3.0.0.tar.bz2
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "sqlite-autoconf-3080300" ]; then
+  wget http://www.sqlite.org/2014/sqlite-autoconf-3080300.tar.gz
+  tar -xf sqlite-autoconf-3080300.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "freetype-2.4.10" ]; then
+  wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.10/freetype-2.4.10.tar.bz2
+  tar -xf freetype-2.4.10.tar.bz2
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "ftgl-2.1.3~rc5" ]; then
+  wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/ftgl/files/FTGL%20Source/2.1.3%7Erc5/ftgl-2.1.3-rc5.tar.gz
+  tar -xf ftgl-2.1.3-rc5.tar.gz
+fi
+
+## This script checks if a cached version is available and builds one if not.
+cd ../mac_build
+source setupForBoinc.sh
+
+if [  $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    source BuildMacBOINC.sh
+fi