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+# Use NVIDIA's CUDA 12.3.1 runtime image with Ubuntu 22.04 as the base image
+FROM nvidia/cuda:12.3.1-runtime-ubuntu22.04
+
+RUN apt update && apt upgrade -y
+
+RUN apt-get install git -y
+
+# Clone the SHARK repository from GitHub and install wget
+RUN git clone https://github.com/nod-ai/SHARK.git &&\
+    apt-get install wget 
+
+RUN apt update && \
+    wget -qO- https://packages.lunarg.com/lunarg-signing-key-pub.asc | tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/lunarg.asc &&\
+    wget -qO /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lunarg-vulkan-jammy.list http://packages.lunarg.com/vulkan/lunarg-vulkan-jammy.list &&\
+    apt update &&\
+    apt install vulkan-sdk -y
+
+# Install software-properties-common and gpg-agent, then add deadsnakes PPA for Python versions 3.11 and above
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y software-properties-common gpg-agent && \
+    add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa && \
+    apt-get update
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+RUN apt-get install python3.11 -y python3.11-venv
+
+# Set Python 3.11 as the default Python version
+RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.11 1
+
+RUN ["/bin/bash"]
+
+RUN cd SHARK &&\
+    ./setup_venv.sh
+
+# # Start interactive shell
+# RUN apt-get install -y cuda-drivers
+
+# Ensure the SHARK virtual environment is activated whenever starting a new shell
+RUN cd SHARK &&\
+    . shark.venv/bin/activate &&\
+    echo ". SHARK/shark.venv/bin/activate" >> ~/.bashrc
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]
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