From 2d27133fcfcd44b70d2c4cb7a7ab4ed65e7d4d7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Liangsheng Yin <hnyls2002@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 15:06:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [CI] Skip `apt-get` when the required packages are already
 installed (#33757)

---
 scripts/ci/cuda/ci_install_dependency.sh | 32 ++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/ci/cuda/ci_install_dependency.sh b/scripts/ci/cuda/ci_install_dependency.sh
index 161b62fe9..b7c9bc820 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/cuda/ci_install_dependency.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/cuda/ci_install_dependency.sh
@@ -134,22 +134,32 @@ cleanup_stale_shm() {
 }
 
 install_apt_packages() {
-    apt-get update || true
     CI_APT_PACKAGES=(
         python3 python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev git libnuma-dev libssl-dev pkg-config
         libibverbs-dev libibverbs1 ibverbs-providers ibverbs-utils
         ffmpeg libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev
     )
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends "${CI_APT_PACKAGES[@]}" || {
-        echo "Warning: apt-get install failed, checking if required packages are available..."
-        for pkg in "${CI_APT_PACKAGES[@]}"; do
-            if ! dpkg -l "$pkg" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
-                echo "ERROR: Required package $pkg is not installed and apt-get failed"
-                exit 1
-            fi
-        done
-        echo "All required packages are already installed, continuing..."
-    }
+
+    # The images bake these in, so the usual run pays apt-get update's round
+    # trips to install nothing. Skipping it costs no currency either: apt-get
+    # install only ever considers the packages named above, and a passing run
+    # leaves 100+ others un-upgraded - the image is what pins these versions.
+    local pkg
+    local -a MISSING_APT_PACKAGES=()
+    for pkg in "${CI_APT_PACKAGES[@]}"; do
+        dpkg -l "$pkg" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii" || MISSING_APT_PACKAGES+=("$pkg")
+    done
+
+    if [ ${#MISSING_APT_PACKAGES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "All required apt packages are already installed, skipping apt-get"
+    else
+        echo "Installing missing apt packages: ${MISSING_APT_PACKAGES[*]}"
+        apt-get update || true
+        apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends "${MISSING_APT_PACKAGES[@]}" || {
+            echo "ERROR: apt-get failed to install: ${MISSING_APT_PACKAGES[*]}"
+            exit 1
+        }
+    fi
 
     mark_step_done "${FUNCNAME[0]}"
 }