build-essential 
        gfortran
        proj            ( 16.04 libproj-dev libproj9 proj-data proj-bin )
        zlib1g-dev
        libxslt1-dev
        libpng12-dev
        libgd2-noxpm        ( 16.04 libgd3 )
        libgd2-noxpm-dev    ( 16.04 libgd-dev )
        python2.7
        python2.7-dev
        python-profiler         ( 16.04 not required? )
        python-fpconst
        python-numpy
        python-soappy
        python-setuptools
        python-matplotlib
        python-imaging
        libxml2-dev
        libxslt1-dev
        libnetcdf-dev
        gdal-bin        ( 16.04 gdal-bin libgdal-dev )
        mpich2            (optional) ( 16.04 mpich )

        graphviz (optional, if you want to view BS graphs "graphically")

        gdal related (since removal of gdal lib bundled in the framework):

        gdal-bin libarmadillo-dev libpoppler-dev libfreexl-dev 
        libepsilon-dev libkmlbase1 libkmldom1 libkmlengine1
        libkmlxsd1 libkmlregionator1 libproj-dev libkml-dev
        libopenjp2-tools libopenjp2-7-dev libopenjp2-7
        libogdi3.2-dev libogdi3.2 libpcre3-dev libpcre3 
                libfcgi0ldbl libmapserver-dev libmapserver2 mapserver-bin
                python-mapscript python-gdal