diff --git a/bootstrap/_deb_common.sh b/bootstrap/_deb_common.sh
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index 000000000..ccb4c4b2f
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@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Tested with:
+#   - Ubuntu:
+#     - 12.04 (x64, Travis)
+#     - 14.04 (x64, Vagrant)
+#     - 14.10 (x64)
+#   - Debian:
+#     - 6.0.10 "squeeze" (x64)
+#     - 7.8 "wheezy" (x64)
+#     - 8.0 "jessie" (x64)
+
+# virtualenv binary can be found in different packages depending on
+# distro version (#346)
+distro=$(lsb_release -si)
+# 6.0.10 => 60, 14.04 => 1404
+version=$(lsb_release -sr | awk -F '.' '{print $1 $2}')
+if [ "$distro" = "Ubuntu" -a "$version" -ge 1410 ]
+then
+  virtualenv="virtualenv"
+elif [ "$distro" = "Debian" -a "$version" -ge 80 ]
+then
+  virtualenv="virtualenv"
+else
+  virtualenv="python-virtualenv"
+fi
+
+# dpkg-dev: dpkg-architecture binary necessary to compile M2Crypto, c.f.
+#           #276, https://github.com/martinpaljak/M2Crypto/issues/62,
+#           M2Crypto setup.py:add_multiarch_paths
+
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+     python python-setuptools "$virtualenv" python-dev gcc swig \
+     dialog libaugeas0 libssl-dev libffi-dev ca-certificates dpkg-dev
diff --git a/bootstrap/debian.sh b/bootstrap/debian.sh
index f215cf2e0..068a039cb 120000
--- a/bootstrap/debian.sh
+++ b/bootstrap/debian.sh
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-ubuntu.sh
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+_deb_common.sh
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diff --git a/bootstrap/ubuntu.sh b/bootstrap/ubuntu.sh
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index 18c503e3a..000000000
--- a/bootstrap/ubuntu.sh
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@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Tested with:
-#   - 12.04 (x64, Travis)
-#   - 14.04 (x64, Vagrant)
-#   - 14.10 (x64)
-
-# virtualenv binary can be found in different packages depending on
-# distro version (#346)
-distro=$(lsb_release -si)
-# 6.0.10 => 60, 14.04 => 1404
-version=$(lsb_release -sr | awk -F '.' '{print $1 $2}')
-if [ "$distro" = "Ubuntu" -a "$version" -ge 1410 ]
-then
-  virtualenv="virtualenv"
-elif [ "$distro" = "Debian" -a "$version" -ge 80 ]
-then
-  virtualenv="virtualenv"
-else
-  virtualenv="python-virtualenv"
-fi
-
-# dpkg-dev: dpkg-architecture binary necessary to compile M2Crypto, c.f.
-#           #276, https://github.com/martinpaljak/M2Crypto/issues/62,
-#           M2Crypto setup.py:add_multiarch_paths
-
-sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-     python python-setuptools "$virtualenv" python-dev gcc swig \
-     dialog libaugeas0 libssl-dev libffi-dev ca-certificates dpkg-dev
diff --git a/bootstrap/ubuntu.sh b/bootstrap/ubuntu.sh
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index 000000000..068a039cb
--- /dev/null
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+_deb_common.sh
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