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+# update system
+apt-get update
+apt-get upgrade -y
+# install Linux tools and Python 3
+apt-get install software-properties-common wget curl git build-essential \
+    python3-dev python3-pip python3-wheel python3-setuptools -y
+# install Python packages
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+pip3 install --user -r .devcontainer/requirements.txt
+# update CUDA Linux GPG repository key
+wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.0-1_all.deb
+dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.0-1_all.deb
+rm cuda-keyring_1.0-1_all.deb
+# install recommended packages
+apt-get install zlib1g g++ freeglut3-dev \
+    libx11-dev libxmu-dev libxi-dev libglu1-mesa libglu1-mesa-dev libfreeimage-dev -y
+# clean up
+pip3 cache purge
+apt-get autoremove -y
+apt-get clean
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