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+FROM node:19.8-bullseye
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get -y install \
+    # for docker from source
+    apt-transport-https \
+    ca-certificates \
+    curl \
+    gnupg \
+    lsb-release \
+    # for git from source
+    make \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libghc-zlib-dev \
+    libcurl4-gnutls-dev \
+    libexpat1-dev \
+    gettext \
+    unzip \
+    install-info \
+    asciidoc \
+    xmlto \
+    docbook2x
+
+RUN wget https://github.com/git/git/archive/refs/tags/v2.40.0.tar.gz \
+    && tar -zxf v2.40.0.tar.gz \
+    && cd git-2.40.0
+
+RUN make configure
+RUN ./configure --prefix=/usr
+RUN make NO_GETTEXT=YesPlease all doc info
+RUN make install install-doc install-html install-info 
+RUN cd ..
+
+RUN curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
+
+RUN echo \
+  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian \
+  $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get -y install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
+
+RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* &&\
+    apt-get -y autoremove && \
+    apt-get clean
+
+RUN mkdir -p /home/node/workspace/node_modules && chown -R node:node /home/node/workspace
+WORKDIR /home/node/workspace
+COPY --chown=node:node package*.json vite.config.js ./
+USER node
+
+CMD ["npm", "run", "dev"]
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