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+FROM r-base:latest
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# Install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    git \
+    libcurl4-gnutls-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libxml2-dev
+
+# Install R packages
+RUN Rscript -e "install.packages('remotes', dependencies=TRUE)" \
+    && Rscript -e "remotes::install_github('federicogiorgi/corto')"
+
+# Test commands to validate installation
+RUN Rscript -e "library(corto); data('inmat'); print(head(inmat))"
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]