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+FROM ubuntu:14.04
+
+# install tools and dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && \
+	apt-get install -y \
+	# make
+	build-essential \
+	# add-apt-repository
+	software-properties-common \
+	curl \
+	wget \ 
+	git \
+	# evmjit dependencies
+	zlib1g-dev \
+	libedit-dev
+
+# cmake and llvm ppas. then update ppas
+RUN add-apt-repository -y "ppa:george-edison55/cmake-3.x" && \
+	add-apt-repository "deb http://llvm.org/apt/trusty/ llvm-toolchain-trusty-3.7 main" && \
+	apt-get update && \
+	apt-get install -y --force-yes cmake llvm-3.7-dev
+
+# install evmjit
+RUN git clone https://github.com/debris/evmjit && \
+	cd evmjit && \
+	mkdir build && cd build && \
+	cmake .. && make && make install && cd
+
+# install rocksdb
+RUN wget https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/archive/rocksdb-3.13.1.tar.gz && \
+	tar -zxvf rocksdb-3.13.1.tar.gz && \
+	cd rocksdb-rocksdb-3.13.1 && \
+	make shared_lib && make install && cd
+
+# install multirust
+RUN curl -sf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brson/multirust/master/blastoff.sh | sh -s -- --yes
+
+# install nightly and make it default
+RUN multirust update nightly && multirust default nightly
+
+# export rust LIBRARY_PATH
+ENV LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib
+
+# show backtraces
+ENV RUST_BACKTRACE 1
+
+# run tests synchronously. Temporary workaround for evmjit cache race condition
+ENV RUST_TEST_THREADS 1