Condense new code

Author: jungaretti

containers/codespaces-linux/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile

@@ -68,12 +68,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     && mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/vscode-dev-containers/ \
     && mv -f /tmp/scripts/first-run-notice.txt /usr/local/etc/vscode-dev-containers/
 
-# Remove all existing Python installations
-RUN rm -rf /opt/python
-
 # Install Python, JupyterLab, common machine learning packages, and Ruby utilities
-# Image includes a link from /home/codespace/.python/current -> /opt/python/3.10.4
-RUN bash /tmp/scripts/python-debian.sh "3.10.4" "/opt/python/3.10.4" "${PIPX_HOME}" "${USERNAME}" "true" "true" "false" \
+RUN rm -rf /opt/python \
+    # Replace existing Python installation from Oryx image with a fresh installation
+    && bash /tmp/scripts/python-debian.sh "3.10.4" "/opt/python/3.10.4" "${PIPX_HOME}" "${USERNAME}" "true" "true" "false" \
     # Install JupyterLab and common machine learning packages
     && PYTHON_BINARY="${PYTHON_ROOT}/current/bin/python" \
     && bash /tmp/scripts/jupyterlab-debian.sh "latest" "automatic" ${PYTHON_BINARY} "true" \