Here is a basic set of dependencies that you will need to install before you can install RabbitVCS. The actual package names are different for each distribution, for comparison we've listed the package names for Ubuntu in the table below.
| Program | Ubuntu package | Description | Version |
| nautilus-python | python-nautilus | Python binding for Nautilus | >= 0.5.0 |
| PyGTK | python-gtk2 | Python bindings for the GTK+ widget set | >= 2.12.1 |
| GObject | python-gobject | Python bindings for the GObject library | >= 2.14.1 |
| PySVN | python-svn | Alternative Python interface to Subversion | >= 1.5.2 |
| ConfigObj | python-configobj | Simple but powerful config file reader and writer for Python | >= 4.4.0 |
| SimpleJSON | python-simplejson | JSON library for python | |
| Dulwich | python-dulwich | Python implementation of the git protocol (for Git only) | >= 0.6 |
| Subversion | subversion | A version control system | >= 1.4.6 |
| Meld | meld | A graphical tool to diff and merge files | >= 1.1.2 |