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+FROM eclipse/stack-base:ubuntu 
+ARG ELIXIR_VERSION="1.8.1"
+ARG ERLANG_VERSION="1.0"
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+USER root
+
+RUN wget -q https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang-solutions_"$ERLANG_VERSION"_all.deb \
+&& apt-get -qq install ./erlang-solutions_"$ERLANG_VERSION"_all.deb \
+&& apt-get -qq update \
+&& apt-get -qq --allow-unauthenticated  install esl-erlang \
+&& wget -q https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang/elixir/FLAVOUR_2_download/elixir_"$ELIXIR_VERSION"-2~ubuntu~xenial_amd64.deb \
+&& apt-get -qq install ./elixir_"$ELIXIR_VERSION"-2~ubuntu~xenial_amd64.deb \
+&& apt-get -qq update \
+&& apt-get -qq clean \
+&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists \
+&& rm -rf /projects/*.deb
+
+USER user