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+set -e
+apt-get update
+apt-get install git curl wget vim neovim fd-find bat python3 \
+	python-is-python3 tmux btop htop fzf lsd tldr trash-cli \
+	ripgrep tree python3-venv python3-pip python3-poetry nmap
+apt-get upgrade
+apt-get autoremove