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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2020 Google LLC.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+# are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+#    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+#    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#
+# 3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
+#    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
+#    software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+# ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+# CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+# SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+# INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+# CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+# ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+# POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+#
+
+set -eux -o pipefail
+
+echo ========== This script has been tested on Ubuntu22.04.
+echo ========== Run this script in root mode.
+
+ABSL_PIN="${ABSL_PIN-29bf8085f3bf17b84d30e34b3d7ff8248fda404e}"
+
+APT_ARGS=(
+"-y"
+)
+
+
+apt-get update  "${APT_ARGS[@]}"
+NEEDRESTART_MODE=a apt-get install "${APT_ARGS[@]}" --no-install-recommends \
+    autoconf \
+    automake \
+    cmake \
+    curl \
+    gpg-agent \
+    g++ \
+    libtool \
+    make \
+    pkg-config \
+    software-properties-common \
+    wget \
+    unzip
+
+# Install dependencies
+apt-get update "${APT_ARGS[@]}"
+NEEDRESTART_MODE=a apt-get install "${APT_ARGS[@]}" \
+    clang-11 \
+    libclang-11-dev \
+    libgoogle-glog-dev \
+    libgtest-dev \
+    libllvm11 \
+    llvm-11 \
+    llvm-11-dev \
+    llvm-11-linker-tools \
+    python3-dev \
+    zlib1g-dev
+
+# Compile and install absl-cpp from source
+git clone https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp.git
+cd abseil-cpp
+if [[ ! -z ${ABSL_PIN} ]]; then
+  git checkout "${ABSL_PIN}"
+fi
+mkdir build && cd build
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=true
+make install
+cd ../..
+rm -rf abseil-cpp
+
+curl -o get-pip.py https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
+python3 get-pip.py --force-reinstall --user
+rm -f get-pip.py
+
+export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin":$PATH
+echo "$(pip3 --version)"
+
+# Install python runtime and test dependencies
+pip3 install \
+    absl-py \
+    parameterized
+
+# On GPU machines, this might be necessary because of the reason mentioned in:
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/74605488
+NEEDRESTART_MODE=a apt-get install "${APT_ARGS[@]}" libstdc++-12-dev