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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+USERNAME=maxkratz
+
+# utilities + sudo
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -yq sudo tmux htop wget grep sed gpg unzip tar
+/sbin/adduser $USERNAME sudo
+
+# VirtualBox
+wget -O- -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /usr/share/keyrings/oracle_vbox_2016.gpg
+echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oracle_vbox_2016.gpg] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bookworm contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -yq virtualbox-7.0
+
+# Vagrant
+apt-get install -yq vagrant
+
+echo "=> Prerequisites installed. Ready for GitHub Actions runner installation."