What is .build-deps for apk add –virtual command?

What is .build-deps in the following command? I can’t find an explanation in the Alpine docs. Is this a file that is predefined? Is see this referenced in many Dockerfiles. RUN apk add –no-cache –virtual .build-deps \ gcc \ freetype-dev \ musl-dev RUN pip install –no-cache-dir <packages_that_require_gcc…> \ RUN apk del .build-deps 2 Answers 2

How can I use a variable inside a Dockerfile CMD?

Inside my Dockerfile: ENV PROJECTNAME mytestwebsite CMD [“django-admin”, “startproject”, “$PROJECTNAME”] Error: CommandError: ‘$PROJECTNAME’ is not a valid project name What is the quickest workaround here? Does Docker have any plan to “fix” or introduce this functionality in later versions of Docker? NOTE: If I remove the CMD line from the Docker file and then run … Read more

E: gnupg, gnupg2 and gnupg1 do not seem to be installed, but one of them is required for this operation

I have installed docker on windows 10 pro. I am facing an issue while running the following command in git-bash. docker-compose up -d –build and got following error. E: gnupg, gnupg2 and gnupg1 do not seem to be installed, but one of them is required for this operation (23) Failed writing body Error executing command, … Read more

How do I run a docker instance from a DockerFile?

I finally figured out how to get docker up and running. docker run –name my-forum-nodebb –link my-forum-redis:redis -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -p 4567:4567 -P -t -i nodebb/docker:ubuntu I linked it to a redis instance, cool. This is from scratch and I assume that when I created the redis instance docker run –name my-forum-redis -d -p … Read more