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+# Base CUDAToolkit image to develop DALI, comment/uncomment 11.x or 12.x
+FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/cuda:12.1.0-cudnn8-devel-ubuntu22.04
+# FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/cuda:11.8.0-cudnn8-devel-ubuntu22.04
+
+# Add required packages for DALI_deps
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt apt-get update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
+    git g++ wget unzip ninja-build autoconf libtool yasm vim \
+    software-properties-common unzip python3 python-is-python3
+
+# Add nvJPEG2k and nvCOMP since it isn't included in CUDA Toolkit, 
+# CUDA_VERSION_MAJOR should reflect the base toolkit container used above.
+RUN NVJPEG2K_VERSION=0.7.0.31-1 && \
+    NVCOMP_VERSION=2.6.1 && \
+    CUDA_VERSION_MAJOR=12 && \
+    apt-key adv --fetch-keys https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/3bf863cc.pub && \
+    add-apt-repository "deb https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/ /" && \
+    apt-get update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y libnvjpeg2k0=${NVJPEG2K_VERSION} libnvjpeg2k-dev=${NVJPEG2K_VERSION} && \
+    cp /usr/include/libnvjpeg2k/${CUDA_VERSION_MAJOR}/* /usr/local/cuda/include/ && \
+    cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnvjpeg2k/${CUDA_VERSION_MAJOR}/* /usr/local/cuda/lib64/ && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
+    mkdir nvcomp && \
+    cd nvcomp && \
+    wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/nvcomp/${NVCOMP_VERSION}/local_installers/nvcomp_${NVCOMP_VERSION}_x86_64_${CUDA_VERSION_MAJOR}.x.tgz  && \
+    tar -xvf nvcomp*.tgz && \
+    cp -rv include/nvcomp* /usr/local/cuda/include/ && \
+    cp -v lib/*.so /usr/local/cuda/lib64/ && \
+    cd .. && \
+    rm -rf nvcomp
+
+# Clone, Build, Install then remove DALI Deps
+ARG DALI_DEPS_VERSION_SHA
+ENV DALI_DEPS_VERSION_SHA=${DALI_DEPS_VERSION_SHA}
+RUN git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/DALI_deps /opt/dali_deps && \
+    cd /opt/dali_deps && \
+    git checkout ${DALI_DEPS_VERSION_SHA} && \
+    git submodule init && \
+    git submodule update --depth 1 --init --recursive
+RUN cd /opt/dali_deps && /opt/dali_deps/build_scripts/build_deps.sh
+RUN rm -r /opt/dali_deps
+
+# Add more packages for DALI + Test Toolchain for Newer GCC Versions
+RUN add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
+    python3-distutils python3-clang python3-pip pre-commit shellcheck libgl1 \
+    git-lfs pkg-config clang clang-format g++-13 gcc-13 libtbb-dev 
+
+RUN useradd -rm -d /home/dev -s /bin/bash -G sudo -U -u 1000 dev && \
+    mkdir /opt/dali_extra && chown -R dev /opt/dali_extra
+
+USER dev
+
+# Add DALI_extra, the correct commit will be checked as a part of the
+# running tests scripts defined in DALI_EXTRA_VERSION
+RUN git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/DALI_extra.git /opt/dali_extra
+
+ENV NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=video,compute,utility
+ENTRYPOINT /bin/bash
+WORKDIR /home/dev
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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+{
+    "build": {
+        "dockerfile": "Dockerfile"
+    },
+    "customizations": {
+        "vscode": {
+            "extensions": [
+                "ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack",
+                "nvidia.nsight-vscode-edition",
+                "donjayamanne.python-extension-pack",
+                "ms-python.pylint",
+                "ms-python.black-formatter"
+            ]
+        }
+    },
+    "runArgs": [
+        "--gpus",
+        "all"
+    ]
+}
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