diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+include .gitignore
+
+Dockerfile
+
+# Pooria Poorsarvi Tehrani: TODO We still need to remove some files as if the same code is built locally and then docker build is called, they might not be overriden in the build step?
+
+
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# Pooria Poorsarvi Tehrani: TODO change the base to something way lighter
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Update the package list and install prerequisites
+# Pooria Poorsarvi Tehrani: TODO might not need all of this for installation
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    software-properties-common \
+    build-essential \
+    libssl-dev \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+    libbz2-dev \
+    libreadline-dev \
+    libsqlite3-dev \
+    wget \
+    curl \
+    llvm \
+    libncurses5-dev \
+    libncursesw5-dev \
+    xz-utils \
+    tk-dev \
+    libffi-dev \
+    liblzma-dev \
+    lzma \
+    lzma-dev \
+    python3-apt
+
+# Pooria Poorsarvi Tehrani: TODO maybe move to even a newer version of python
+# Add the deadsnakes PPA for Python 3.10
+RUN add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa -y
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3.10 python3.10-venv python3.10-dev python3.10-distutils
+RUN curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.10
+
+
+
+
+RUN add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test -y
+
+RUN python3.10 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+
+# So weird that alternatives can mess up distro
+RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.10 1
+RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.10 1
+
+RUN apt-get update -y
+# Pooria Poorsarvi Tehrani: TODO check if we should move to 14
+RUN apt-get install gcc-13 g++-13 -y
+ENV CC=/usr/bin/gcc-13
+ENV CXX=/usr/bin/g++-13
+
+RUN apt-get install cmake -y
+RUN rm -rf /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/distro*
+
+
+RUN pip install conan
+RUN pip install meson
+
+RUN apt-get install libglib2.0-dev -y
+RUN apt install ninja-build -y
+
+RUN conan profile detect
+
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get upgrade -y && \
+    apt-get install -y git
+
+WORKDIR /qflex
+
+RUN wget https://github.com/parsa-epfl/qflex/releases/download/2024.05/images.tar.xz
+RUN tar -xvf images.tar.xz
+
+COPY . /qflex
+
+
+RUN ./build cq
+
+RUN ./build keenkraken
+# Pooria Poorsarvi Tehrani: TODO knottykraken has not been tested with this
+RUN ./build knottykraken
+
+RUN ln -s qemu/build/aarch64-softmmu/qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-aarch64
+
+
+
+
+
+CMD ["./runq", "images/bb-trace"]
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