packages... like XFCE

[necrose99]

apt or rpm in boot to docker to add packages.
if hand building a base container it would be a plus ,
ie same tools I'd use for say a Generic Debian Live xfce iso.
add dev tools to base environment.
ie Gentoo in Gentoo +proot and emu for crosscompile/chroot , ie arm/arm64/etc.... and or can build a deb from src or etc and just unpack into container for emulator.

Dockerhub any long builds ie gentoo , emerge xfce etc to basic root-fs tarball , yes its going to take quite some time. and often the cloud version dies. or times out.

[afbjorklund]

Boot2Docker is based on Tiny Core Linux, so you can use tce-load ?
But adding the whole Xfce desktop is out of scope for Boot2Docker...

You can add X11 and a more basic window manager (flwm) though.
See PR #1289 for more details, and an even ISO URL ready to go.

[necrose99]

ok np , was more trying to build a tinderbox/Gentoo type chroot.. for testing package builds..
ie pentoo iso > squashfs > rootfs.tarball > docker
new ebuild emerge (not brick my real root) etc..
getting arm64 emu/qemu also would be high on my list..

[tianon]

adding the whole Xfce desktop is out of scope for Boot2Docker

Definitely this -- I would strongly recommend anyone needing additional packages over what boot2docker provides to consider using a distro that's actually well-suited for that (like Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, even Alpine Linux). 👍

(Closing since this definitely is out of scope for boot2docker)

[tianon]

FWIW, I typically run QEMU in a Docker container 😄