--- a/packages.py	Sun Mar 03 21:01:49 2024 -0800
+++ b/packages.py	Sun Mar 03 21:02:58 2024 -0800
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
         "corepack prepare 'pnpm@8.6.3' --activate",
     ])
 
+def podman():
+    apt.packages(packages=['libsubid4', 'buildah', 'podman-docker'], latest=True)
+    # frigate build wants to mount a single file from the host, which needs podman 4.5.1
+    # https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/12123#issuecomment-1620439593
+    apt.deb(src="http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/ubuntu/pool/universe/libp/libpod/podman_4.9.3+ds1-1_amd64.deb") 
 
 def pdm():
     # https://github.com/pdm-project/pdm/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -95,6 +100,9 @@
 if host.name in ['dash', 'slash', 'ditto', 'dot']:
     apt.packages(packages=package_lists.k8s_node_with_nvidia_gpu(host.name))  # no kw, or apt will remove nvidia-utils-VERS (!)
 
+if host.name in ['dash', 'slash', 'ditto']:
+    podman()    
+
 if host.name == 'ditto':
     # should have happened in the previous step, but it gets reverted.
     apt.packages(packages=['nvidia-utils-535-server'])