diff --git a/scripts/install-deps.sh b/scripts/install-deps.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ]; then
+	echo "Run this as root! sudo should do the trick."
+	exit
+fi
+
+if [ -f /etc/arch-release ]; then
+	echo -e "\e[1;31mArch Linux detected!\e[0m"
+	DEPS=`pacman -T apr apr-util base-devel boost boost-libs c-ares cmake curl db dbus-glib expat fmodex fontconfig freealut freetype2 gperftools glib2 gstreamer0.10 gtk2 hunspell libjpeg-turbo libogg libpng libvorbis openal openssl pcre qt qtwebkit sdl zlib | sed -e 's/\n/ /g'`
+	if [ -z "${DEPS}" ]; then
+		echo "Dependencies already installed."
+	else
+		pacman -S --asdeps ${DEPS}
+	fi
+else # else
+	echo "Unsupported operating system."
+fi