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+FROM ubuntu:focal
+MAINTAINER Ajay Khanna <appliedstochastics@gmail.com>
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+ENV DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN true
+
+# Requirements
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    # Required build tools  
+    apt-get install -y build-essential cmake && \
+    # Need git to fetch the repository
+    apt-get install -y git && \
+    # Clean up
+    apt-get clean all && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && rm -rf /tmp/* && rm -rf /var/tmp/*
+
+# Clone and build v1.0.0
+RUN cd / && \
+    git clone https://github.com/genome/bam-readcount && \
+    cd bam-readcount && \
+    # For a specific tag enable the git checkout below
+    git checkout v1.0.0 && \
+    rm -rf build && \
+    mkdir build && \
+    cd build && \
+    cmake .. && \
+    make
+
+
+FROM ubuntu:focal
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+ENV DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN true
+
+LABEL \
+    version="v1.0.0" \
+    description="Ubuntu Focal with bam-readcount v1.0.0"
+
+RUN apt-get update
+
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/bam-readcount/bin
+WORKDIR /opt/bam-readcount
+COPY --from=0 /bam-readcount/build/bin/bam-readcount /opt/bam-readcount/bin/bam-readcount
+RUN ln -s /opt/bam-readcount/bin/bam-readcount /usr/bin/bam-readcount
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/bam-readcount"]
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-# docker-bam-readcount
-Docker containerization for "bam-readcount"
+docker-bam-readcount
+====================
+
+Docker image for `bam-readcount`
+
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+The Dockerfile sets
+
+    ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/bam-readcount"]
+
+so the container can be run as an executable.
+
+
+