diff --git a/src/docker_modules/R/3.5.0/Dockerfile b/src/docker_modules/R/3.5.0/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+MAINTAINER Gael Yvert
+
+ENV R_VERSION=3.5.0
+
+ENV PACKAGES curl=7.58.0*    \
+   ca-certificates=20180409  \
+   build-essential=12.4*     \
+   zlib1g-dev=1:1.2.11*      \
+   gfortran=4:7.3.0*         \
+   libreadline-dev=7.0-3*    \
+   libbz2-dev=1.0.6-8.1*     \
+   liblzma-dev=5.2.2-1.3*    \
+   libpcre++-dev=0.9.5-6.1*  \
+   libcurl4-openssl-dev=7.58.0-2* \
+   openjdk-11-jdk=10.0.1*
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ${PACKAGES} && \
+    apt-get clean
+   
+RUN curl -k -L https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-${R_VERSION}.tar.gz -o R-${R_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+    tar xzf R-${R_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+    cd R-${R_VERSION} && \
+    ./configure --with-x=no && \
+    make && \
+    make install && \
+    cd ..        && \
+    rm -Rf R-${R_VERSION}*
+
+
diff --git a/src/docker_modules/R/3.5.0/docker_init.sh b/src/docker_modules/R/3.5.0/docker_init.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+docker build src/docker_modules/R/3.5.0 -t 'r:3.5.0'