diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
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+# .github/workflows/docker-build.yml
+name: Build & Push Docker image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # 1. Check out your fork (and Dockerfile)
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      # 2. Log in to Docker Hub
+      - name: Log in to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      # 3. Build & push your image
+      - name: Build and push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          tags: oaziz05/bpp-arpip:latest
diff --git a/dockerfile b/dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu:22.04
+
+ENV PATH=/DASM-arpip/.local/bin:$PATH \
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/DASM-arpip/.local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+# install basics
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y \
+      g++ \
+      git \
+      wget \
+      make \
+      libssl-dev \
+      zlib1g-dev \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+ 
+
+WORKDIR /DASM-arpip
+
+# build & install CMake locally
+RUN wget https://cmake.org/files/v3.16/cmake-3.16.3.tar.gz \
+ && tar zxvf cmake-3.16.3.tar.gz \
+ && cd cmake-3.16.3 \
+ && ./bootstrap --prefix=/DASM-arpip/.local \
+ && make -j"$(nproc)" && make install \
+ && cd .. \
+ && rm -rf cmake-3.16.3 cmake-3.16.3.tar.gz
+
+
+ # bpp-core
+RUN git clone https://github.com/BioPP/bpp-core \
+&& cd bpp-core \
+&& git checkout tags/v2.4.1 -b v241 \
+\
+# patch GlobalGraph.cpp: add <limits> and qualify numeric_limits
+&& sed -i '1i#include <limits>' src/Bpp/Graph/GlobalGraph.cpp \
+&& sed -i 's/numeric_limits</std::numeric_limits</g' src/Bpp/Graph/GlobalGraph.cpp \
+\
+&& mkdir build && cd build \
+&& cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../../.local \
+&& make install \
+&& cd ../..
+
+# bpp-seq
+RUN git clone https://github.com/BioPP/bpp-seq \
+ && cd bpp-seq \
+ && git checkout tags/v2.4.1 -b v241 \
+ && mkdir build && cd build \
+ && cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../../.local \
+ && make install \
+ && cd ../..
+
+# bpp-phyl
+RUN git clone https://github.com/BioPP/bpp-phyl \
+ && cd bpp-phyl \
+ && git checkout tags/v2.4.1 -b v241 \
+ && mkdir build && cd build \
+ && cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../../.local \
+ && make install \
+ && cd ../..
+
+# Boost 1.79
+RUN wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.79.0/boost_1_79_0.tar.gz \
+ && tar xvf boost_1_79_0.tar.gz \
+ && cd boost_1_79_0 \
+ && ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/DASM-arpip/.local \
+ && ./b2 && ./b2 install \
+ && cd .. \
+ && rm -rf boost_1_79_0 boost_1_79_0.tar.gz
+
+# glog
+RUN git clone -b v0.5.0 https://github.com/google/glog \
+ && cd glog \
+ && cmake -H. -Bbuild -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../.local \
+ && cmake --build build --target install \
+ && cd ..
+
+
+# install GoogleTest system‑wide so that -lgtest works
+RUN git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git -b release-1.11.0 \
+ && cd googletest \
+ && mkdir build && cd build \
+ && cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
+ && make -j"$(nproc)" install
+
+
+# bpp-arpip
+RUN git clone https://github.com/acg-team/bpp-arpip/ \
+ && cd bpp-arpip \
+ && mkdir build && cd build \
+ && cmake .. \
+      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release-static \
+      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../../.local \
+      -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=../../.local \
+      -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=/DASM-arpip/.local/lib \
+      -DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=/DASM-arpip/.local/include \
+ && make \
+ && cd ../..
+
+
+CMD ["bash"]