diff --git a/common/configure_fresh_system b/common/configure_fresh_system
index 69724e9e..d215708f 100755
--- a/common/configure_fresh_system
+++ b/common/configure_fresh_system
@@ -144,9 +144,13 @@ fi
 $SUDO npm install -g reveal-md
 $SUDO npm install -g diff-so-fancy
 
-# vdir syncer
-echo "installing vdirsyncer"
-$SUDO pip install vdirsyncer
+if [[ -z $NOPYTHON3 ]]; then
+    PIP=pip3
+else
+    PIP=pip
+fi
+
+$SUDO $PIP install pygments-style-solarized ws4py watchdog webassets Nikola
 
 if [[ -z $USER ]]; then
     USER=`whoami`
diff --git a/debian/configure_fresh_system b/debian/configure_fresh_system
index 7666ac2a..d19a4660 100755
--- a/debian/configure_fresh_system
+++ b/debian/configure_fresh_system
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [[ -z $NOUPGRADE ]]; then
     sudo apt-get -y upgrade
 fi
 
-install_packages="sudo apt-get -y --fix-missing install aptitude meld whois zsh tmux atop aria2 curl pv gajim tor torsocks nodejs icedove icedove-enigmail icedove-sogo-connector gajim lm-sensors freecad python3-pip meld whois curl pv tor torsocks nodejs npm terminator gsmartcontrol python-pip mercurial redshift gtk-redshift cmake intltool gparted wine solaar glances silversearcher-ag dkms linux-kernel-headers golang keepass2 libncurses5-dev libgnome2-dev libgnomeui-dev libgtk2.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libbonoboui2-dev libcairo2-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev python-dev ruby-dev git retext kdiff3"
+install_packages="sudo apt-get -y --fix-missing install aptitude meld whois zsh tmux atop aria2 curl pv gajim tor torsocks nodejs icedove icedove-enigmail icedove-sogo-connector gajim lm-sensors freecad python3-pip meld whois curl pv tor torsocks nodejs npm terminator gsmartcontrol python-pip mercurial redshift gtk-redshift cmake intltool gparted wine solaar glances silversearcher-ag dkms linux-kernel-headers golang keepass2 libncurses5-dev libgnome2-dev libgnomeui-dev libgtk2.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libbonoboui2-dev libcairo2-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev python-dev ruby-dev git retext kdiff3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev"
 
 set +e
 for i in `seq 1 3`; do
diff --git a/fedora/configure_fresh_system b/fedora/configure_fresh_system
index 916b6eb8..f8c34349 100755
--- a/fedora/configure_fresh_system
+++ b/fedora/configure_fresh_system
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [[ -z $NOUPGRADE ]]; then
     sudo dnf -y upgrade --best --allowerasing
 fi
 
-sudo dnf -y --best --allowerasing install tmux atop zsh thunderbird thunderbird-enigmail thunderbird-lightning firefox aria2 gajim lm_sensors freecad python3-pip qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtwebkit-devel meld whois curl pv nodejs npm terminator gsmartcontrol python-pip mercurial python3-devel libxslt-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel conky conky-manager redshift redshift-gtk cmake gtk2-devel intltool gparted wine solaar glances the_silver_searcher dkms kernel-devel gimp transmission-gtk git xz util-linux-user powertop dnf-automatic kdiff3 yum-utils util-linux-user ncurses-devel zeal qt5-linguist qtkeychain-qt5-devel archivemount keepass splix gutenprint-cups cups-bjnp golang
+sudo dnf -y --best --allowerasing install tmux atop zsh thunderbird thunderbird-enigmail thunderbird-lightning firefox aria2 gajim lm_sensors freecad python3-pip qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtwebkit-devel meld whois curl pv nodejs npm terminator gsmartcontrol python-pip mercurial python3-devel libxslt-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel conky conky-manager redshift redshift-gtk cmake gtk2-devel intltool gparted wine solaar glances the_silver_searcher dkms kernel-devel gimp transmission-gtk git xz util-linux-user powertop dnf-automatic kdiff3 yum-utils util-linux-user ncurses-devel zeal qt5-linguist qtkeychain-qt5-devel archivemount keepass splix gutenprint-cups cups-bjnp golang redhat-rpm-config
 
 sudo dnf -y groupinstall "C Development Tools and Libraries"
 sudo dnf -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
diff --git a/ubuntu/trusty/configure_fresh_system b/ubuntu/trusty/configure_fresh_system
index 3052b049..1ab0e477 100755
--- a/ubuntu/trusty/configure_fresh_system
+++ b/ubuntu/trusty/configure_fresh_system
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -v
 
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get -y upgrade
-install_packages="sudo apt-get -y --fix-missing install apt-file aptitude aria2 atop cmake curl dkms freecad gajim git glances gnupg2 golang gparted gsmartcontrol gtk-redshift intltool kdiff3 keepass2 libatk1.0-dev libbonoboui2-dev libcairo2-dev libgnome2-dev libgnomeui-dev libgtk2.0-dev libncurses5-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev linux-kernel-headers lm-sensors meld mercurial nodejs npm pv python-dev python-pip python3-pip realpath redshift retext ruby-dev silversearcher-ag terminator thunderbird thunderbird-enigmail tmux tor torsocks whois zsh"
+install_packages="sudo apt-get -y --fix-missing install apt-file aptitude aria2 atop cmake curl dkms freecad gajim git glances gnupg2 golang gparted gsmartcontrol gtk-redshift intltool kdiff3 keepass2 libatk1.0-dev libbonoboui2-dev libcairo2-dev libgnome2-dev libgnomeui-dev libgtk2.0-dev libncurses5-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev linux-kernel-headers lm-sensors meld mercurial nodejs npm pv python-dev python-pip python3-pip realpath redshift retext ruby-dev silversearcher-ag terminator thunderbird thunderbird-enigmail tmux tor torsocks whois zsh libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libtiff5-dev libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev python-tk"
 
 set +e
 for i in `seq 1 3`; do