Lets SAM, U2Net, BEN2, and BiRefNet-HR (optionally SDXL via --sdxl) be
downloaded outside Docker into ./data/, which is already bind-mounted
into the GPU container — so a blocked container network no longer blocks
first-run setup. Reuses the existing dual-mode download_sam_model.py and
download_u2net_model.py as-is. For the HuggingFace Hub models, sets
HF_HOME (rather than --cache-dir) so the host-side cache layout matches
the container's default ~/.cache/huggingface resolution exactly, avoiding
a path-nesting mismatch between the two.
Wired into install-local-gpu.sh's completion banner and
bring-up-local-gpu.sh's header, and referenced from the relevant README
troubleshooting sections and the hf_cache bind-mount comment in
docker-compose.gpu.yml.
Commit 5c85987 appended a second copy of the toolkit-install/DNS-fix/
GPU-verify steps instead of inserting the new prerequisite-checks
section once. Removed the duplicate, keeping the more informative
GPU-check failure message from the second copy.
Checks Docker installed + daemon running, NVIDIA driver (nvidia-smi),
and curl. Prints specific install commands for each missing dependency
and exits early with a clear summary rather than failing partway through.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01WVDg7amsy1TTtxvpku7bcM
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