diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
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+# Use the specified image
+FROM registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/tumbleweed:latest
+
+# Copy the script into the image
+COPY . /tmp/
+
+# Run the script
+RUN /tmp/install-dependencies.sh
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diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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+{
+  "build": { "dockerfile": "Dockerfile" },
+  "features": {
+  },
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": [
+        "streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker",
+        "richterger.perl",
+        "ms-python.python",
+        "sfodje.perltidy",
+        "ms-vscode.makefile-tools"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "postCreateCommand": 'make prepare',
+}
diff --git a/.devcontainer/install-dependencies.sh b/.devcontainer/install-dependencies.sh
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+# Generic update
+zypper dup -y
+
+# dependency suggested in the CONTRIBUTING.md
+zypper in -y os-autoinst-distri-opensuse-deps perl-JSON-Validator gnu_parallel
+
+# other dependency that are needed
+zypper in -y make git vim gcc-c++ libxml2-devel libssh2-devel libexpat-devel dbus-1-devel python311 python311-devel python311-yamllint python311-PyYAML perl-App-cpanminus perl-Code-TidyAll
+
+# step suggested by the CONTRIBUTING.md
+echo "#########################################"
+pwd
+
+echo "###### CODESPACE_VSCODE_FOLDER: ${CODESPACE_VSCODE_FOLDER} #######"
+pwd
+ls -lai .
+ls -lai ${CODESPACE_VSCODE_FOLDER}
+ls -lai /workspaces || echo "### LATER ###"
+#cd ${CODESPACE_VSCODE_FOLDER}
+#make prepare
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