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+#!/bin/sh
+
+mvn -B dependency:get -DremoteRepositories=https://maven.pkg.github.com/epsilonlabs/playground-micronaut -Dclassifier=all \
+    -DgroupId=org.eclipse.epsilon.labs.playground.micronaut -DartifactId=http-server -Dversion=${BACKEND_VERSION} \ 
+    -Dtransitive=false