diff --git a/src/utils/setup/setupAptPack.ts b/src/utils/setup/setupAptPack.ts
index 2691e12d..060f9bf8 100644
--- a/src/utils/setup/setupAptPack.ts
+++ b/src/utils/setup/setupAptPack.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ let didUpdate: boolean = false
 
 /** A function that installs a package using apt */
 export async function setupAptPack(name: string, version?: string, updateRepositories: boolean = true) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/strict-boolean-expressions, @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
+  const apt = process.env.CI || process.getuid?.() === 0 ? "sudo apt-get" : "apt-get"
+
   if (!didUpdate || updateRepositories) {
-    await exec("apt-get", ["update"])
+    await exec(apt, ["update"])
     didUpdate = true
   }
 
-  const exit = await exec("apt-get", ["install", version !== undefined ? `${name}=${version}` : name])
+  const exit = await exec(apt, ["install", version !== undefined ? `${name}=${version}` : name])
 
   if (exit !== 0) {
     throw new Error(`Failed to install ${name} ${version}`)