def __distro(self):
        """Based on the Linux distribution, set values accordingly.  A user
        specified value overrides any defaults."""

        if hpccm.config.g_linux_distro == linux_distro.UBUNTU:
            if not self.__ospackages:
                self.__ospackages = ['bzip2', 'libbz2-dev', 'tar', 'wget',
                                     'zlib1g-dev']
        elif hpccm.config.g_linux_distro == linux_distro.CENTOS:
            if not self.__ospackages:
                self.__ospackages = ['bzip2', 'bzip2-devel', 'tar', 'wget',
                                     'which', 'zlib-devel']
        else: # pragma: no cover
            raise RuntimeError('Unknown Linux distribution')
Based on the Linux distribution, set values accordingly.  A user
        specified value overrides any defaults.
hpccm/building_blocks/boost.py