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+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+LABEL author="James Cherry"
+LABEL maintainer="Abdelrahman Hosny <abdelrahman@brown.edu>"
+
+# install basics
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y wget apt-utils git cmake gcc tcl-dev swig bison flex
+
+# download CUDD
+RUN wget https://www.davidkebo.com/source/cudd_versions/cudd-3.0.0.tar.gz && \
+    tar -xvf cudd-3.0.0.tar.gz && \
+    rm cudd-3.0.0.tar.gz
+
+# install CUDD
+RUN cd cudd-3.0.0 && \
+    mkdir ../cudd && \
+    ./configure --prefix=$HOME/cudd && \
+    make && \
+    make install
+
+# copy files and install OpenSTA
+RUN mkdir OpenSTA
+COPY . OpenSTA
+RUN cd OpenSTA && \
+    mkdir build && \
+    cd build && \
+    cmake .. -DCUDD=$HOME/cudd && \
+    make
+
+# Run sta on entry
+ENTRYPOINT ["OpenSTA/app/sta"]