This seems like something that would be simple, but I spent a long time trying to figure it out. I figured I’d write a blog post about it in case anyone else has a similar desire.

  • sonus@lemmy.zipOP
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    4 days ago

    I don’t know why, but I’ve always shied away from using docker. This does seem like an area where it would be particularly useful.

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        3 days ago

        Not at all. It allows you to install and use whole suites of tools and libraries without any pollution of or dependencies on your host system. It also allows you to define the whole setup in a file so it’s trivial to recreate on another machine