diff --git a/detect-missing-packages.py b/detect-missing-packages.py
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+++ b/detect-missing-packages.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import yaml
+from pprint import pprint
+
+package_file = "./packages.yml"
+
+apps = yaml.safe_load(open(package_file, 'r'))
+
+missing_config = {}
+
+for appname, appconfig in apps['packages']['list'].items():
+    for distro, packagelist in appconfig.items():
+        if len(packagelist) == 0:
+            if distro not in missing_config.keys():
+                missing_config[distro] = []
+            missing_config[distro].append(appname)
+
+print(yaml.dump(missing_config))