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diff --git a/tools/officialpackages.nim b/tools/officialpackages.nim
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+import std/[strformat, paths, dirs, envvars]
+from std/os import execShellCmd
+
+proc exec*(cmd: string, errorcode: int = QuitFailure, additionalPath = "") =
+  let prevPath = getEnv("PATH")
+  if additionalPath.len > 0:
+    var absolute = Path(additionalPath)
+    if not absolute.isAbsolute:
+      absolute = getCurrentDir() / absolute
+    echo("Adding to $PATH: ", string(absolute))
+    putEnv("PATH", (if prevPath.len > 0: prevPath & PathSep else: "") & string(absolute))
+  echo(cmd)
+  if execShellCmd(cmd) != 0: quit("FAILURE", errorcode)
+  putEnv("PATH", prevPath)
+
+proc gitClonePackages*(names: seq[string]) =
+  if not dirExists(Path"pkgs"):
+    createDir(Path"pkgs")
+  for name in names:
+    if not dirExists(Path"pkgs" / Path(name)):
+      exec fmt"git clone https://github.com/nim-lang/{name} pkgs/{name}"