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+# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+
+# Update Software repository
+RUN apt-get update
+ 
+
+# Set the working directory to /app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
+COPY . /app
+
+# Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
+RUN apt install gcc g++ libreadline-dev libgmp-dev git \
+    python3-dev python3-pip  python3-notebook python3-wheel python3-setuptools\
+    libgecode-dev r-cran-rcpp cmake libbdd-dev libxml2-dev \
+    bison flex openjdk-11-jdk-headless libraptor2-dev swig
+
+#RUN git clone ssh://vsc@ssh.dcc.fc.up.pt:31064/yap.git
+RUN git clone https://github.com/vscosta/cudd.git
+RUN git clone https://github.com/vscosta/doxygen-yap.git
+RUN git clone https://github.com/vscosta/cudd.git
+
+RUN pushd cudd; ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --enable-obj --enable-dddmp; make -j install; popd
+
+RUN pushd doxygen-yap; mkdir -p build; cd build; cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr && cmake --build . --target install; popd
+
+RUN pushd yap; mkdir -p build; cd build; cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr && cmake --build . --target install; pushd paackages/real; R CMD INSTALL yap4r; popd; popd
+
+RUN R CMD INSTALL packages/real/yap4r
+
+# Make port 80 available to the world outside this container
+EXPOSE 80
+
+# Define environment variable
+ENV NAME World
+
+# Run app.py when the container launches
+CMD ["python", "app.py"]
+This Dockerfile refers to a couple of files we haven’t created yet, namely app.py and requirements.txt. Let’s create those next.
+