Re: Docker tutorial

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 6/28/25 07:30, john doe wrote:
> On 6/28/25 05:33, Borden wrote:
> > I'm new to Docker and tried to follow the guide at https:// 
> > wiki.debian.org/Docker, which links to https://wiki.debian.org/Cloud/ 
> > CreateDockerImage. On the latter, I hit a hard stop at the first 
> > command, `sudo .../mkimage.sh -t $USER/minbase debootstrap -- 
> > variant=minbase stable` because the mkimage.sh script isn't anywhere 
> > in the docker.io package.
> >
> > Could someone guide me to a working tutorial to build a “recommended” 
> > Debian Docker image, and I'll see if I can revise the Wiki to reflect 
> > that?
>
> I guess you need mkimage PKG.
>
> [1] https://manpages.debian.org/testing/u-boot-tools/mkimage.1.en.html

According to [1] the SCR that you are looking for is located at 
"/usr/share/docker.io/contrib".
Simply substituting in the sudo CMD the three dots by that path should 
do it:


$ sudo /usr/share/docker.io/contrib/mkimage.sh


HTH.

[1] 
https://wiki.debian.org/Cloud/CreateDockerImage#Using_.28upstream_provided_.22contrib.22_script.29_mkimage.sh

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John Doe