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Remove apt lists after package installations in ubuntu containers #46

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mattclay merged 1 commit into ansible:master from aminvakil:delete-apt-get-lists

Oct 6, 2020

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aminvakil commented Oct 4, 2020

https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/dockerfile_best-practices/

In addition, when you clean up the apt cache by removing /var/lib/apt/lists it reduces the image size, since the apt cache is not stored in a layer. Since the RUN statement starts with apt-get update, the package cache is always refreshed prior to apt-get install.

ubuntu16                         withlists               600MB
ubuntu16                         withoutlists            570MB


          Remove apt lists after package installations

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mattclay merged commit 07b78ac into ansible:master

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