diff --git a/docker-image/Dockerfile b/docker-image/Dockerfile
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+ARG BASE_IMAGE=python:${PYTHON_VERSION}
+
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} as base
+
+RUN apt-get update \ 
+    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y cmake \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /nlp_profiler
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements-dev.txt \
+    && pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt \
+    && pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements-nix-dev.txt
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diff --git a/docker-image/run-nlp-profiler-in-docker.sh b/docker-image/run-nlp-profiler-in-docker.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -u
+set -o pipefail
+
+PYTHON_VERSION=${1:-"3.8"}
+
+MOUNT_VOLUME="${PWD}/../"
+TARGET_FOLDER="/nlp_profiler"
+DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME="nlp_profiler"
+
+echo "~~~ Running nlp_profiler in a docker container"
+echo "Docker image name: ${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}"
+echo "Mounted volume: ${MOUNT_VOLUME}"
+echo "Target folder:  ${TARGET_FOLDER}"
+
+echo "~~~ Building docker image ${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME} with Python version ${PYTHON_VERSION}."
+docker build -t ${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME} --build-arg python_version="${PYTHON_VERSION}" ../
+
+echo "~~~ Running docker container ${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}."
+docker run -it                                       \
+           --volume "${MOUNT_VOLUME}":${TARGET_FOLDER} \
+           --workdir ${TARGET_FOLDER}                \
+           ${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}                      \
+           /bin/bash
+
+echo "~~~ Exited docker container."
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