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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST="8.6" \
     CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/usr/local/cuda:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/"
 
-# Override PATH so that system Python 3.9 is used in favor of Conda's Python 3.10
+# Override PATH so that system Python 3.9 takes precedence over Conda’s Python 3.10
 ENV PATH="/usr/local/cuda/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
 
 # Install Python 3.9 and build dependencies (including those needed for NumPy)
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
       cmake g++ software-properties-common gnupg2 && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Set Python 3.9 as default for python3, install pip, and create symlinks
+# Set Python 3.9 as default for python3, install pip (using wget instead of curl), and create symlinks
 RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.9 1 && \
     update-alternatives --set python3 /usr/bin/python3.9 && \
-    curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.9 && \
+    wget -qO- https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.9 && \
     ln -sf /usr/bin/python3.9 /usr/bin/python && \
     ln -sf /usr/bin/pip3 /usr/bin/pip