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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+# TODO: error if !linux
+
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/lib/pkgconfig"
+
+# install deps
+apt-get install -y \
+  runc libsystemd-dev \
+  libgpgme-dev libseccomp-dev \
+  libbtrfs-dev libdevmapper-dev \
+  build-essential btrfs-progs \
+  crun go-md2man \
+  iptables libassuan-dev \
+  libbtrfs-dev libc6-dev \
+  libglib2.0-dev libgpg-error-dev \
+  libprotobuf-dev libprotobuf-c-dev \
+  libseccomp-dev libselinux1-dev \
+  libsystemd-dev pkg-config \
+  uidmap catatonit
+
+GOARCH=$(go env GOARCH)
+GOOS=$(go env GOOS)
+BINDIR=${BINDIR:-/usr/local/bin}
+
+# Podman requires conmon which monitors OCI runtimes
+function install_conmon {
+  local version=2.1.7
+  local download_url="https://github.com/containers/conmon/releases/download/v${version}/conmon.${GOARCH}"
+  local download_path=/tmp/conmon
+
+  curl --fail -L ${download_url} -o ${download_path}  
+  echo "installing conmon to ${BINDIR}"
+  chmod +x ${download_path}
+  mv ${download_path} ${BINDIR}/
+
+  conmon --version
+}
+
+function install_podman {
+  local version=4.5.1
+  local github_url=https://github.com/containers/podman
+  local download_path=/tmp/podman/
+
+  git clone ${github_url} ${download_path}
+  cd "${download_path}"
+  git checkout v${version}
+  make BUILDTAGS="selinux seccomp" PREFIX=/usr  
+  make install PREFIX=/usr
+  podman --version
+}
+
+install_conmon
+
+install_podman
+
+echo "install complete..."
+echo "run the below as non root user"
+echo "systemctl enable --user podman.socket"
+echo "systemctl start --user podman.socket"