diff --git a/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh b/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
index d0bae1141c94326171cf690bb002bc4888899dc6..67e1a141482f7a1e992b7366ca7d54d9f9db8317 100755
--- a/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
+++ b/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
@@ -577,6 +577,8 @@ export PYZMQVER=14.7.0
 export GDALVER=2.0.1
 export SODIUMVER=1.0.3
 
+export UPDATESVER=0.1.7.0
+
 export LLVMVER=3.6.2
 export LLVMLITEVER=0.8.0
 export NUMBAVER=0.21.0
@@ -3302,6 +3304,11 @@ mk_geos() {
   _configure_make_install geos src/optional/geos-${GEOSVER}.tar.bz2 geos-${GEOSVER} 
 }
 
+mk_updates() { 
+  resume_tracker && return 0
+  _configure_make_install updates src/optional/updates-${UPDATESVER}.tar.gz updates-${UPDATESVER} 
+}
+
 mk_basemap() {
   resume_tracker && return 0
   export GEOS_DIR=$BASE
diff --git a/ShellB3/src/optional/updates-0.1.7.0.tar.gz b/ShellB3/src/optional/updates-0.1.7.0.tar.gz
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