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+# A minimal container for testing PyBitmessage
+
+FROM debian:stretch
+
+RUN apt-get update
+
+RUN apt-get install -yq --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends \
+    ca-certificates git python python-stem tor
+
+# RUN apt-get install -yq --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends \
+#     python-qt4 python-xvfbwrapper
+
+EXPOSE 8444 8442
+
+ENV HOME /home/bitmessage
+ENV BITMESSAGE_HOME ${HOME}
+
+WORKDIR ${HOME}
+
+# Prepare local setuptools setup
+RUN git clone https://github.com/pypa/setuptools
+RUN cd setuptools; git checkout v44.1.1; python bootstrap.py; python setup.py install --user; cd ..
+RUN mv setuptools setuptools.keep; mv .local/lib/python2.7/site-packages .local/lib/python2.7/site-packages.keep
+
+ADD . ${HOME}
+
+# Create a user
+RUN useradd bitmessage && chown -R bitmessage ${HOME}
+
+USER bitmessage
+
+
+CMD ["python", "src/bitmessagemain.py", "-t"]