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+#!/bin/bash
+# Useful for setting up a fresh WSL VM as if it is Docker
+# (if Docker is busted on a student's machine)
+
+set -e -o pipefail
+
+export GBA=
+export INST_SCRIPTS_DIRNAME=/tmp/cs2110
+export INST_SCRIPTS=$INST_SCRIPTS_DIRNAME/install
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+SUDO_CMD=( sudo --preserve-env=INST_SCRIPTS,DEBIAN_FRONTEND )
+
+mkdir -p "$INST_SCRIPTS_DIRNAME"
+
+### Add all install scripts for further steps
+cp -r ./src/install/ "$INST_SCRIPTS/"
+find "$INST_SCRIPTS" -name '*.sh' -exec chmod a+x {} +
+
+# Don't need this because VMs will not disable installing manpages
+### Apply any necessary patches during pre-installation
+#"${SUDO_CMD[@]}" "$INST_SCRIPTS/patches/apply_preinstall_patches.sh"
+
+### Install some common tools and applications
+"${SUDO_CMD[@]}" "$INST_SCRIPTS/base/tools.sh"
+export LANG='en_US.UTF-8' LANGUAGE='en_US:en' LC_ALL='en_US.UTF-8'
+
+### Install man pages
+"${SUDO_CMD[@]}" "$INST_SCRIPTS/base/man_pages.sh"
+
+### Install LC3 autograder
+"${SUDO_CMD[@]}" "$INST_SCRIPTS/tools/lc3Tools.sh"
+
+### Install gcc/gdb, mGBA (optional), and Criterion
+"${SUDO_CMD[@]}" "$INST_SCRIPTS/tools/cTools.sh"
+if [ -n "$GBA" ]; then "${SUDO_CMD[@]}" "$INST_SCRIPTS/tools/gba.sh"; fi
+
+# Not necessary post-build
+rm -rf "$INST_SCRIPTS_DIRNAME"