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+# Dockerfile to build PBE
+#   installing: Qt5.15.2, OpenSees3.5.0, dakota6.15.0, python3.9.6
+# written: fmk 08/23
+
+FROM ubuntu:bionic
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+
+ARG versionPBE=d3.2.0
+ARG versionSimCenterCommon=v23.09
+ARG versionSimCenterBackend=v23.09
+ARG versionOpenSees=v3.5.0
+ARG versionNHERI_SIMCENTER=0.9.15
+
+WORKDIR /simcenter
+
+#
+# Install Qt
+#   note: utilizes following for Qt: https://launchpad.net/~beineri/+archive/ubuntu/opt-qt-5.15.2-bionic
+# 
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y sudo \
+    && sudo apt install -y software-properties-common cmake \
+    && sudo add-apt-repository -y  ppa:beineri/opt-qt-5.15.2-bionic \
+    && sudo apt update \
+    && sudo apt-get install -y build-essential freeglut3-dev python3-pip git \
+    && sudo python3 -m pip install -U pip \
+    && pip3 install conan==1.60.1 \
+    && sudo apt-get install -y qt515base qt5153d qt515charts-no-lgpl qt515webengine
+
+#
+# Build the PBE frontend, need quazip & updated dmake first
+#
+
+RUN  source /opt/qt515/bin/qt515-env.sh \
+    && sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg software-properties-common wget \
+    && wget -O - https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc 2>/dev/null | sudo apt-key add - \
+    && sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ bionic main' \
+    && sudo apt-get install -y cmake zlib1g-dev \
+    && git clone -b v1.4 --single-branch https://github.com/stachenov/quazip.git \
+    && cd quazip \
+    && mkdir build; cd build; cmake ..; make; make install \
+    & cd ..\.. \
+    && git clone -b $versionSimCenterCommon --single-branch https://github.com/NHERI-SimCenter/SimCenterCommon.git \
+    && git clone https://github.com/NHERI-SimCenter/QS3hark.git \    
+    && git clone -b $versionPBE --single-branch https://github.com/NHERI-SimCenter/PBE.git \
+    && cd PBE \
+    && mkdir build \
+    && cd build \
+    && qmake ../PBE.pro \
+    && make \
+    && rm -fr *.o *.cpp\
+    && cd ../..
+
+
+#
+# Build OpenSees
+#   note: some stuff in there to get latest cmake as 3.10 not doing it
+#
+
+RUN sudo apt-get install -y cmake liblapack-dev libomp-dev libssl-dev apt-transport-https ca-certificates wget \        
+    && wget -O - https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc 2>/dev/null | gpg --dearmor - | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/kitware.gpg >/dev/null \
+    && sudo apt-add-repository "deb https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" \
+    && sudo apt-get update \
+    && sudo apt-get install -y cmake gfortran gcc g++ \
+    && git clone -b $versionOpenSees --single-branch https://github.com/OpenSees/OpenSees.git \
+    && cd OpenSees \
+    && mkdir build; cd build \
+    && conan install .. --build missing \
+    && cmake .. \
+    && cmake --build . --config Release \
+    && cmake --install . \
+    && sudo mv ./lib/* /usr/local/lib \
+    && cd ../..; rm -fr OpenSees
+    
+#
+# Build Dakota
+#    note: dakota also needed more upto date cmake
+
+RUN wget https://github.com/snl-dakota/dakota/releases/download/v6.15.0/dakota-6.15.0-public-src-cli.tar.gz \
+    && sudo apt-get install -y libboost-dev libboost-all-dev libopenmpi-dev openmpi-bin xorg-dev libmotif-dev \
+    && tar zxBf dakota-6.15.0-public-src-cli.tar.gz \
+    && mv dakota-6.15.0-public-src-cli dakota-6.15.0 \
+    && cd dakota-6.15.0 \
+    && mkdir build; cd build \
+    && cmake .. \
+    && cmake --build . --config Release \
+    && cmake --install . \
+    && cd ../..; rm -fr dakot*    
+
+   
+#
+# Build SimCenter Backend Applications
+#    note: need newer gcc, gcc-10 which necessitates removing old conan 
+#
+
+RUN git clone -b $versionSimCenterBackend https://github.com/NHERI-SimCenter/SimCenterBackendApplications.git \
+    && cp ./SimCenterBackendApplications/modules/performUQ/SimCenterUQ/nataf_gsa/CMakeLists.txt.UBUNTU ./SimCenterBackendApplications/modules/performUQ/SimCenterUQ/nataf_gsa/CMakeLists.txt \
+    && rm -fr ~/.conan \
+    && sudo apt-get install -y liblapack-dev libomp-dev libssl-dev apt-transport-https ca-certificates \        
+    && sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test \
+    && sudo apt-get update \
+    && sudo apt-get install -y gcc-10 g++-10 gfortran-10 \
+    && export CC=gcc-10 \
+    && export CXX=g++-10 \
+    && export FC=gfortran-10 \    
+    && conan remote add simcenter https://nherisimcenter.jfrog.io/artifactory/api/conan/simcenter \
+    && cd SimCenterBackendApplications \
+    && mkdir build \
+    && cd build \
+    && conan install .. --build missing \
+    && cmake .. \
+    && cmake --build . --config Release \
+    && cmake --install . \
+    && cd ../..
+
+
+#
+# Install python3.9
+#  note: need a later python3 for nheri-simcenter
+#         which we have to build from source!!!
+#
+
+RUN sudo apt-get install -y zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev libbz2-dev \
+    && wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.6/Python-3.9.6.tgz \
+    && tar -xf Python-3.9.6.tgz \
+    && cd Python-3.9.6 \
+    && ./configure --enable-optimizations \
+    && sudo make install \
+    && cd ..; rm -fr Python* \
+    && pip3 install nheri-simcenter==$versionNHERI_SIMCENTER
+
+#
+# Copy all files into correct locations for running & clean up
+#
+
+RUN cd PBE/build \
+    && cp -r ../Examples ./ \
+    && cp -r ../../SimCenterBackendApplications/applications . \
+    && rm -fr /simcenter/SimCenterBackendApplications \
+    && rm -fr /simcenter/SimCenterCommon
+
+#
+# add following for the missing lib libQt5Core.so error that is related to running on some versions linux
+# with an older kernel, seemingly need kernel >= 3.5 on host .. soln from Sal T. found in an AskUbuntu thread
+#
+
+RUN strip --remove-section=.note.ABI-tag /opt/qt515/lib/libQt5Core.so.5
+
+#
+# Finally add a new user simcenter as root cannot run the Qt app
+#
+
+RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash simcenter
+
+USER simcenter
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