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Script an apt install

Ubuntu / Debian · easy · live throwaway Linux box · 3 tiered hints

On Ubuntu you'd use apt. Write /home/player/install.sh that refreshes the package index and installs nginx non-interactively (this box can't run it — it's graded for correctness).

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