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+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+
+# Update packages and setup timezone
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && \
+      apt-get -y install tzdata
+
+ENV TZ=Europe/Zurich
+RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && \
+      echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
+RUN dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=noninteractive tzdata
+
+
+RUN apt-get -y install file unzip zip xz-utils git \
+                         gcc g++ cmake default-jdk \
+                         python3
+
+ADD docker/apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz /usr/local
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/apache-maven-3.6.3/bin/mvn /usr/local/bin
+COPY template_cpp /root/template_cpp
+COPY template_java /root/template_java
+ADD barrier.py /root
+
+RUN /root/template_cpp/build.sh && /root/template_cpp/cleanup.sh
+RUN /root/template_java/build.sh && /root/template_java/cleanup.sh
diff --git a/docker/apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz b/docker/apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz
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diff --git a/docker/build.sh b/docker/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Change the current working directory to the location of the present file
+cd "$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+
+cd ..
+
+docker build -f docker/Dockerfile -t da_image .
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+docker run  -it da_image /bin/bash