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+# Use CentOS 7 as the base image
+FROM centos:7
+
+# Import the CentOS 7 GPG key before installing packages
+RUN rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
+
+# Fix CentOS mirror issues by using vault.centos.org
+RUN sed -i 's|^mirrorlist=|#mirrorlist=|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo && \
+    sed -i 's|^#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
+
+# Install necessary tools and dependencies
+RUN yum update -y && \
+    yum install -y \
+    epel-release \
+    glibc-langpack-en \
+    git \
+    gcc \
+    gcc-c++ \
+    make \
+    wget \
+    zlib-devel \
+    openssl-devel \
+    curl-devel && \
+    yum clean all
+
+# Install a newer version of CMake
+RUN wget https://cmake.org/files/v3.21/cmake-3.21.0-linux-x86_64.sh && \
+    chmod +x cmake-3.21.0-linux-x86_64.sh && \
+    ./cmake-3.21.0-linux-x86_64.sh --skip-license --prefix=/usr/local && \
+    rm cmake-3.21.0-linux-x86_64.sh
+
+# Set environment variables (use en_US.UTF-8 instead of C.UTF-8)
+ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8 \
+    LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+
+# Clone UKFTractography from GitHub
+WORKDIR /opt
+RUN git clone https://github.com/pnlbwh/ukftractography.git
+
+# Build UKFTractography
+WORKDIR /opt/ukftractography
+RUN mkdir build && cd build && \
+    cmake .. && \
+    make && \
+    make test
+
+# Clean up unnecessary files
+RUN yum remove -y git gcc gcc-c++ make wget curl-devel && \
+    yum clean all && \
+    rm -rf /var/cache/yum
+
+# Set the entrypoint for the container to run UKFTractography
+# Adjust this path according to where the binary is actually built
+ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/ukftractography/build/UKFTractography-build/UKFTractography/bin/UKFTractography"]
+
+# Optional: Add default command or arguments if necessary
+# CMD ["--help"]