Howto:Building SimGear via Docker

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Screen shot showing a Linux terminal with docker running a simgear build and its test suite (03/2020)
Note  This builds SimGear in headless mode (aka no graphics), which is primarily useful for unit testing purposes. In its current form, the final image will be approximately 300 mb
FROM debian:buster-slim
Maintainer http://wiki.flightgear.org/Howto:Building_SimGear_via_Docker
RUN apt-get update  && apt-get install -y cmake git g++ libboost-dev libz-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev


RUN mkdir -p /SOURCES 
WORKDIR /SOURCES
RUN git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/flightgear/simgear /SOURCES/simgear

RUN mkdir -p /BUILD/simgear 
WORKDIR /BUILD/simgear
RUN cmake . /SOURCES/simgear -DSIMGEAR_HEADLESS=ON -DENABLE_SOUND=OFF -DUSE_AEONWAVE=OFF -DENABLE_PKGUTIL=OFF

CMD cd /BUILD/simgear && make -j all test