MAINT: Delete the apt-get lists after installing packages #750
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Cleaning up the apt cache and removing /var/lib/apt/lists helps keep the image size down. Since the RUN statement starts with apt-get update, the package cache will always be refreshed prior to apt-get install.
Clean up must be performed in the same RUN step, otherwise it will affect image size.