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DEB2DOCKER(1) DEB2DOCKER(1)

deb2docker - Build a Docker image with given Debian packages

deb2docker [-hB][-c CMD][-f FROM][-n NAME][-o DIR][-p PRE_SCRIPT][-s POST_SCRIPT] packages

deb2docker is a simple script which takes as input a list of Debian packages and generates automatically a Docker container including these packages. A set of freedesktop.org desktop launchers are also generated based on the .desktop and icon files found in the packages. In addition, a desktop launcher is created to start the container in a Terminal.

This tool is suited for deploying applications as containers, as well as for testing Debian packages in a sandbox.

do NOT build the image (default is to build). A build script is generated in the DIR target directory.
Command to run in the container (default to /bin/bash).
Distribution is to be used (default to debian:stable).
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Name of the image (default is built from the package list).
Use given directory DIR for the build (default is in /tmp).
Execute the given script PRE_SCRIPT before packages install.
Execute the given script POST_SCRIPT after packages install.
The package list can be any Debian package, as well as local .deb files.

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DIR/README
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DIR/Dockerfile
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DIR/launchers/
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DIR/icons/
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DIR/build
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DIR/start

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sudo apt install docker.io
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sudo usermod -aG docker $USER`

You may have to manually configure Docker to pass a proxy configuration.

Usual commands typically used to handle Docker containers are:

docker build –rm Dockerfile run docker run –rm -it NAME clean docker rmi NAME clean ALL docker system prune -a

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deb2docker -o /tmp/xeyes x11-apps
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/tmp/xeyes/start xeyes

A Desktop launcher is created as /tmp/xeyes/launchers/x11-apps-terminal.desktop

deb2docker x11-apps meshlab
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echo “sed -i `s/main/main contrib non-free/g' /etc/apt/sources.list” > pre.sh
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deb2docker -p pre.sh x11-apps

Emmanuel Farhi (emmanuel.farhi@synchrotron-soleil.fr)

deb2apptainer(1), distrobox-create(1), distrobox-enter(1), docker(1), apptainer(1)

Emmanuel Farhi.

February 2024