diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
index 1763d681a6..e6801902bb 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ get_distribution_release() {
 check_supported_distribution() {
     local distribution=$(get_distribution_release)
     case "$distribution" in
+        "ubuntu22.04") return 0 ;;
         "ubuntu21.04") return 0 ;;
         "ubuntu20.04") return 0 ;;
         "ubuntu18.04") return 0 ;;
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ install_protobuf_c_from_source(){
 install_protobuf_c() {
   local protobuf_packages=""
   case "$(get_distribution_release)" in
-    "ubuntu18.04" | "ubuntu20.04" | "ubuntu21.04")
+    "ubuntu18.04" | "ubuntu20.04" | "ubuntu21.04" | "ubuntu22.04")
       protobuf_packages="protobuf-c-compiler libprotobuf-c1 libprotobuf-c-dev"
       ;;
   esac
@@ -555,10 +556,10 @@ check_install_additional_tools (){
   if [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
     case "$(get_distribution_release)" in
         "ubuntu16.04"| "ubuntu18.04")
-            optional_packages="python-dev python-pexpect python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib"
+            optional_packages="python-dev python-pexpect python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib ctags"
             ;;
-        "ubuntu20.04"| "ubuntu21.04")
-            optional_packages="python3 python3-pip python3-dev python3-scipy python3-matplotlib exuberant-ctags"
+        "ubuntu20.04" | "ubuntu21.04" | "ubuntu22.04" )
+            optional_packages="python3 python3-pip python3-dev python3-scipy python3-matplotlib universal-ctags"
             ;;
     esac
     PACKAGE_LIST="\
@@ -577,7 +578,6 @@ check_install_additional_tools (){
 	unzip  \
 	valgrind  \
 	vlan	  \
-	ctags \
         ntpdate \
         iperf3 \
         android-tools-adb \
@@ -675,20 +675,25 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
     $SUDO apt install -y software-properties-common
     case "$(get_distribution_release)" in
         "ubuntu16.04")
-            specific_packages="libtasn1-6-dev libgnutls-dev libatlas-dev iproute libconfig8-dev iptables-dev libgcrypt11-dev python-pip pydb"
+            specific_packages="libtasn1-6-dev libgnutls-dev libatlas-dev iproute libconfig8-dev iptables-dev libgcrypt11-dev python-pip pydb python guile-2.0-dev"
             ;;
         "ubuntu18.04")
-            specific_packages="libtasn1-6-dev libgnutls28-dev iproute2 libconfig-dev iptables-dev libgcrypt11-dev python-pip pydb"
+            specific_packages="libtasn1-6-dev libgnutls28-dev iproute2 libconfig-dev iptables-dev libgcrypt11-dev python-pip pydb python guile-2.0-dev"
             LAPACK_LIBNAME="liblapack.so-x86_64-linux-gnu"
             LAPACK_TARGET="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/atlas/liblapack.so"
             ;;
         "ubuntu20.04")
-            specific_packages="libtasn1-6-dev libgnutls28-dev iproute2 libconfig-dev"
+            specific_packages="libtasn1-6-dev libgnutls28-dev iproute2 libconfig-dev python guile-2.0-dev"
             LAPACK_LIBNAME="liblapack.so-x86_64-linux-gnu"
             LAPACK_TARGET="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/atlas/liblapack.so"
             ;;
          "ubuntu21.04")
-            specific_packages="libtasn1-6-dev libgnutls28-dev iproute2 libconfig-dev"
+            specific_packages="libtasn1-6-dev libgnutls28-dev iproute2 libconfig-dev python guile-2.0-dev"
+            LAPACK_LIBNAME="liblapack.so-x86_64-linux-gnu"
+            LAPACK_TARGET="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/atlas/liblapack.so"
+            ;;
+         "ubuntu22.04")
+            specific_packages="libtasn1-6-dev libgnutls28-dev iproute2 libconfig-dev python2 guile-2.2-dev"
             LAPACK_LIBNAME="liblapack.so-x86_64-linux-gnu"
             LAPACK_TARGET="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/atlas/liblapack.so"
             ;;
@@ -714,7 +719,6 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
 	git \
 	graphviz \
 	gtkwave \
-	guile-2.0-dev  \
 	iperf \
 	iptables \
 	libatlas-base-dev \
@@ -743,7 +747,6 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
 	openssh-client \
 	openssh-server \
 	openssl \
-	python  \
 	subversion \
 	xmlstarlet \
 	libyaml-dev \