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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+SUDO=''
+[[ $EUID -ne 0 ]] && SUDO=sudo
+
+install_run_pkg_deps() {
+	$SUDO apt-get update && $SUDO apt-get install -y \
+		openssl \
+		libidn11 \
+		libgnutls30 \
+		libsctp1 \
+		openssh-server
+}
+
+install_run_utils() {
+        $SUDO apt-get update && $SUDO apt-get install -y \
+        jq \
+        dnsutils \
+		iproute2 \
+		iputils-ping \
+		tcpdump
+}
+
+install_ssh_server() {
+	$SUDO mkdir /var/run/sshd
+	echo 'root:mypass' | chpasswd
+	sed -i 's/PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+	sed 's@session\s*required\s*pam_loginuid.so@session optional pam_loginuid.so@g' -i /etc/pam.d/sshd
+	echo "export VISIBLE=now" >> /etc/profile
+}
+
+cleanup_image() {
+	$SUDO rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+}
+
+install_run_deps() {
+        install_run_pkg_deps
+        install_ssh_server
+}
+
+(return 2>/dev/null) && echo "Sourced" && return
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+set -o nounset
+
+install_run_deps
+echo "Dependency install completed"