Debian Docker – Fixing ‘Cannot Install deb Command’ Issue

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I'm trying to install a deb package in a Docker image.

I based my Dockerfile on continuumio/miniconda3 that's a Python/Debian image.

This works fine in Debian 9 but not when I try to build my Docker image. The problem that I have is that the deb command is not in Debian, and I cannot find a way to install it in the image. Any ideas how to install the deb command or another way to run that statement?

These are the commands:

RUN apt-get -y install apt-transport-https dirmngr
RUN deb https://downloads.mariadb.com/MariaDB/mariadb-columnstore-tools/latest/repo/debian9 stretch main

Best Answer

deb is not a command.

The line belongs in a file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/.

Just as explained in the documentation you linked.

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Set it via ARG as this only is available during build:

ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
RUN apt-get -qq install {your-package}

Set it on-the-fly when required.

RUN apt-get update && \
    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -qq install {your-package}

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