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 ### Install required Ubuntu packages
 
-```
+```bash
 sudo apt update
 sudo apt install autoconf build-essential cmake libproc2-dev libtool texinfo wget yasm flex bison btrfs-progs python3 python3-pip gawk git vim doxygen 
 sudo apt install make build-essential cmake pkg-config libgnutls28-dev libssl-dev unzip zlib1g-dev libgcrypt20-dev docker.io gcc-11 g++-11 gperf clang-format-14 gnutls-dev