diff --git a/ci/ubuntu2204/Dockerfile b/ci/ubuntu2204/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu:22.04
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+   DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+       build-essential \
+       cmake \
+       git g++ python3 \
+       libblas-dev \
+       liblapack-dev \
+       liblapacke-dev \
+       libopenmpi-dev \
+       openmpi-bin \
+       libeigen3-dev \
+       libboost-all-dev \
+       ca-certificates \
+       libhdf5-dev \
+       gdb vim wget\
+       libhdf5-dev \
+       python3-pip \
+       python3-numpy python3-pybind11 python3-setuptools \
+       python3-scipy python3-pandas \
+       python3-joblib python3-sklearn \
+       python3-h5py \
+       python3-pytest python3-parameterized \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+
+# Install Catch v3
+RUN cd /tmp && \
+        wget -O Catch2.tar.gz https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/archive/refs/tags/v3.6.0.tar.gz && \
+        tar xzf Catch2.tar.gz && \
+        rm Catch2.tar.gz && \
+        cd Catch2* && \
+        cmake -S . -B build  -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF && \
+        cmake --build build && \
+        cmake --install build && \
+        cd .. && \
+        rm -r Catch*
+
+#install HighFive
+RUN cd /tmp && \
+    wget -O HighFive.tar.gz https://github.com/BlueBrain/HighFive/archive/v2.9.0.tar.gz && \
+    tar xzf HighFive.tar.gz && \
+    rm HighFive.tar.gz && \
+    cd HighFive* && \
+    mkdir build && \
+    cd build && \
+    cmake .. -DHIGHFIVE_USE_BOOST=OFF && \
+    make -j2 && \
+    make install && \
+    cd ../.. && \
+    rm -r HighFive*
diff --git a/ci/ubuntu2204/build_script.sh b/ci/ubuntu2204/build_script.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Start this script in a Docker container like this:
+#
+#  docker run -eCPU_COUNT=2 -v $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel):/smurff -ti smurff2204 /smurff/ci/ubuntu2204/build_script.sh
+#
+# where smurff2204 is the image name
+
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+rm -rf /work
+mkdir /work
+cd /work
+
+git config --global --add safe.directory /smurff/.git
+git clone /smurff
+
+cd smurff
+cmake -S . -B build
+cmake --build build --parallel 32
+cmake --install build
+
+python3 setup.py install --install-binaries
+/usr/local/libexec/tests
+pytest-3 python/test