This page intends to git hints on how to use Docker for packaging.
See https://salsa.debian.org/docker-team/docker/blob/master/debian/Dockerfile for an example of the Dockerfile used to generate a build environment for the docker.io package itself.
See http://sfxpt.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/debianubuntu-package-developing-with-docker-continued/ for a more classical approach to the problem by sharing directories between the host and packaging containers.
#Install the docker service $apt-get install docker.io #Create Debian Sid docker container $docker run -it --rm --name deb-sid debian:sid /bin/bash #Note: Give different name in --name option for creating new containers #Install the required packages in the container $apt-get install dh-make gem2deb npm2deb #Press Ctl + p + q to exit from the container without stopping it. # For accessing back the container $ docker ps #Find the container ID and attach it to the current bash terminal using the following commands $docker attach <Container ID> #Eg: ------------- $ sudo docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 0cf9a333ad8b debian:sid "/bin/bash" 28 minutes ago Up 2 minutes jolly $docker attach 0cf9a333ad8b root@0cf9a333ad8b:/#