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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2024 The University of Manchester
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This bash assumes that other repositories are installed in paralled
+
+# requires the latest mypy
+# pip install --upgrade mypy
+
+utils="../SpiNNUtils/spinn_utilities"
+machine="../SpiNNMachine/spinn_machine"
+man="../SpiNNMan/spinnman"
+pacman="../PACMAN/pacman"
+spalloc="../spalloc/spalloc_client"
+fec="../SpiNNFrontEndCommon/spinn_front_end_common"
+
+mypy $utils $machine $man $pacman $spalloc $fec spinnaker_graph_front_end