Use Ubuntu 22.04 as base distribution

Docker/Dockerfile-base

-FROM ubuntu:20.04 as builder
+FROM ubuntu:22.04 as builder
 
 # This Docker image builds the dependencies for the Rapthor pipeline.
 # It lives on the head of its dependencies.
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ RUN python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade ./linc
 # The image will now be rebuilt without adding the sources, in order to
 # reduce the size of the image.
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-FROM ubuntu:20.04 as runner
+FROM ubuntu:22.04 as runner
 
 COPY --from=builder /usr/local /usr/local
 RUN chmod +rx /usr/local/bin/*
@@ -191,34 +191,37 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
     apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y \
         casacore-tools \
+        gdb \
         git \
         libatkmm-1.6-1v5 \
-        libboost-date-time1.71.0 \
-        libboost-filesystem1.71.0 \
-        libboost-program-options1.71.0 \
-        libboost-python1.71.0 \
+        libblas3 \
+        libboost-filesystem1.74.0 \
+        libboost-program-options1.74.0 \
+        libboost-python1.74.0 \
         libcairomm-1.0-1v5 \
-        libcasa-casa4 \
-        libcasa-fits4 \
-        libcasa-measures4 \
-        libcasa-ms4 \
-        libcasa-python3-4 \
-        libcasa-scimath4 \
-        libcasa-tables4 \
-        libcfitsio8 \
+        libcasa-casa6 \
+        libcasa-fits6 \
+        libcasa-measures6 \
+        libcasa-ms6 \
+        libcasa-python3-6 \
+        libcasa-scimath6 \
+        libcasa-tables6 \
+        libcfitsio9 \
         libfftw3-double3 \
         libfftw3-single3 \
+        libgfortran5 \
+        libglib2.0-0 \
         libglibmm-2.4-1v5 \
         libgomp1 \
-        libgsl23 \
+        libgsl27 \
         libgtkmm-3.0-1v5 \
-        libhdf5-103 \
-        libhdf5-cpp-103 \
+        libhdf5-103-1 \
+        libhdf5-cpp-103-1 \
         liblapack3 \
         liblua5.3-0 \
         libpangomm-1.4-1v5 \
         libpng16-16 \
-        libpython3.8 \
+        libpython3.10 \
         libsigc++-2.0-0v5 \
         libstdc++6 \
         python3 \

docs/source/installation.rst

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Manual installation
 .. note::
     Skip this section if you want to run **LINC** using software containers.
 
-For installing **LINC** a Debian-based operating system is recommended. In order to compile the required packages for running **LINC** you may need to install the following packages::
+For installing **LINC** a Debian-based operating system is recommended (e.g. Ubuntu 22.04). In order to compile the required packages for running **LINC** you may need to install the following packages::
 
     $ apt-get update && \
     $ apt-get install -y bison build-essential casacore-data casacore-dev cmake flex gfortran git \
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ For installing **LINC** a Debian-based operating system is recommended. In order
     
 In order to run **LINC** you need to get the following packages onto your system::
 
-    $ apt-get install -y  casacore-tools libatkmm-1.6-1v5 libboost-date-time1.71.0 libboost-filesystem1.71.0 libboost-program-options1.71.0 \
-                          libboost-python1.71.0 libcairomm-1.0-1v5 libcasa-casa4 libcasa-fits4 libcasa-measures4 libcasa-ms4 libcasa-python3-4 \
-                          libcasa-scimath4 libcasa-tables4 libcfitsio8 libfftw3-double3 libfftw3-single3 libglibmm-2.4-1v5 libgomp1 libgsl23 \
-                          libgtkmm-3.0-1v5 libhdf5-103 libhdf5-cpp-103 liblapack3 liblua5.3-0 libpangomm-1.4-1v5 libpng16-16 libpython3.8 \
+    $ apt-get install -y  casacore-tools gdb libatkmm-1.6-1v5 libblas3 libboost-filesystem1.74.0 libboost-program-options1.74.0 libboost-python1.74.0 libcairomm-1.0-1v5 \
+                          libcasa-casa6 libcasa-fits6 libcasa-measures6 libcasa-ms6 libcasa-python3-6 libcasa-scimath6 libcasa-tables6 libcfitsio9 \
+                          libfftw3-double3 libfftw3-single3 libgfortran5 libglib2.0-0 libglibmm-2.4-1v5 libgomp1 libgsl27 \
+                          libgtkmm-3.0-1v5 libhdf5-103-1 libhdf5-cpp-103-1 liblapack3 liblua5.3-0 libpangomm-1.4-1v5 libpng16-16 libpython3.10 \
                           libsigc++-2.0-0v5 libstdc++6 nodejs python3 python3-casacore python3-distutils rsync wget
 
 Then you need to install the following software:
@@ -129,4 +129,4 @@ Those are written in the `Common Workflow Language`_ (CWL).
 .. _Singularity: https://sylabs.io/singularity/
 .. _virtual environment: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html
 .. _conda: https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html
-.. _udocker: https://indigo-dc.gitbook.io/udocker/
+.. _udocker: https://indigo-dc.gitbook.io/udocker/
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