diff --git a/Scripts/install-dependencies.sh b/Scripts/install-dependencies.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Script to install the dependencies in order to run the UVtools
+# Can be run outside UVtools and as standalone script
+# Then run this script
+# usage 1: sudo ./install-dependencies.sh 
+#
+
+echo "Script to install the dependencies in order to run the UVtools"
+
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+   echo "This script must be run as root" 
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "$arch_name" != "x86_64" && "$arch_name" != "arm64" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: Unsupported host arch: $arch_name"
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+#echo "- Detecting OS"
+if [[ $OSTYPE == 'darwin'* ]]; then
+    osVariant="macOS"
+    #/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
+    #brew analytics off
+    #brew install git cmake mono-libgdiplus
+    #brew install --cask dotnet
+elif command -v apt-get &> /dev/null
+then
+    osVariant="debian"
+    apt-get update
+    apt-get install -y libdc1394-22 libopenexr24
+	apt-get install -y libdc1394-25 libopenexr25
+	apt-get install -y libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libgeotiff-dev libgeotiff5 libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libtbb-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libgdiplus wget
+elif command -v pacman &> /dev/null
+then
+    osVariant="arch"
+    pacman -Syu
+    pacman -S openjpeg2 libjpeg-turbo libpng libgeotiff libdc1394 ffmpeg openexr tbb libgdiplus wget
+elif command -v yum &> /dev/null
+then
+    osVariant="rhel"
+    yum update -y
+    yum install -y https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
+    yum install -y https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
+    yum install -y libjpeg-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel libgeotiff-devel libdc1394-devel ffmpeg-devel tbb-devel mesa-libGL wget
+fi
+
+echo "Completed - You can now run UVtools"