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+
+## Develop in a container
+
+To build the docker development image (from the same directory than this `README.md`):
+```terminal
+docker build -f ./docker/Dockerfile.dev -t dce-mri_dev .
+```
+This will create a docker image with tag `dce-mri_dev`. You can check that the image is indeed created by running `docker image ls -a`.
+
+To run the created docker image:
+```terminal
+docker run -i -t --network host dce-mri_dev --mount type=bind,source="($pwd)"/sources,target=/source
+```
+You can then develop, compile and run your changes with the required packages.
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+FROM ubuntu:22.04 
+
+LABEL build-date="2023-01-12"
+LABEL name="base-ubuntu-22.04"
+LABEL description="Ubuntu 22.04 Focal Jammy Jellyfish for developing Vascularization and VascularizationInverse codes with the necessary libraries."
+LABEL vsc-url="https://gitlab.inria.fr/simbiotx/dyna-imaging-mod"
+LABEL version=1.0.0
+
+#Prepare tzdata - set timezone to Paris
+RUN ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris /etc/localtime
+
+#Set the frontend non-interactive
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+
+#Upgrade and install dependencies
+# - build-essential
+# - gcc
+# - git
+# - libtool
+# - linux-tools-common
+#OpenMP:
+# - libomp-dev
+#XML:
+# - libtinyxml-dev
+#PNG:
+# - libpng-dev
+#Editor:
+# - vim
+#Other:
+# - autoconf
+# - automake
+# - libgsl-dev
+# - zlib1g-dev
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get upgrade -y \
+    && apt-get install -y \
+    autoconf\
+    automake\
+    build-essential \
+    gcc \
+    git \
+    libgsl-dev \
+    libomp-dev \
+    libpng-dev \
+    libx11-dev\
+    libtool\
+    linux-tools-common \
+    vim \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+    && apt-get clean
+
+#Build the code
+# libnix: library utility used by Vascularization and VascularizationInverse
+RUN mkdir source
+
+COPY ./sources/libnix /source/libnix
+# Install libnix
+RUN cd /source/libnix\
+    && autoreconf -f -i\
+    && ./configure\
+    && make\
+    && make install
+
+# Clean the directory
+RUN mkdir /build\
+    && mkdir /Output
+
+# Set the library path
+RUN echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/\n export LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
+
+CMD "/bin/bash"