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+ARG ST_VERSION=1.21-1
+
+FROM australia-southeast1-docker.pkg.dev/cpg-common/images/samtools:${ST_VERSION}
+
+# the streammd version
+ARG VERSION=4.3.0
+
+# Install the runtime shared libraries that the compiled htslib may depend on
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+		cmake \
+		g++ \
+		gcc \
+		git \
+		make \
+		wget \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
+    wget https://github.com/delocalizer/streammd/releases/download/${VERSION}/streammd-${VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+		tar -xzvf streammd-${VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+		cd streammd-${VERSION} && \
+		./configure && \
+		make && \
+		make check && \
+		make install && \
+		cd .. && \
+		rm -r streammd-${VERSION} && \
+    streammd --help