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+---
+# devtools tasks/Debian.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: install base Debian tools
+  apt:
+    name:
+      - acl
+      - apt-transport-https
+      - build-essential
+      - ca-certificates
+      - curl
+      - file
+      - git
+      - git-crypt
+      - gnupg
+      - jq
+      - libenchant-2-dev
+      - libxml2-utils
+      - python-is-python3
+      - python3
+      - python3-dev
+      - python3-pip
+      - python3-venv
+      - rsync
+      - sshpass
+      - sudo
+      - tar
+      - unzip
+    state: present
+    update_cache: true
+    cache_valid_time: 3600