diff --git a/scripts/install_deps.sh b/scripts/install_deps.sh
index 0ecf0c3..244e8b8 100755
--- a/scripts/install_deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_deps.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-sudo apt-get update
+# test for nala installation
+which nala && PKG_MNG="nala" || PKG_MNG="apt-get"
 
-sudo apt-get install autoconf automake build-essential cmake git-core \
+sudo "$PKG_MNG" update
+
+sudo "$PKG_MNG" install autoconf automake build-essential cmake git-core \
   libass-dev libfreetype6-dev libsdl2-dev libtool libva-dev libvdpau-dev \
   libvorbis-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev pkg-config \
   texinfo wget zlib1g-dev nasm yasm libssl-dev time python3 meson ninja-build\