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+# This file describes how to build node-opencv into a runnable linux container with all dependencies installed
+# To build:
+# 1) Install docker (http://docker.io)
+# 2) Build: wget https://raw.github.com/dotcloud/docker/v0.1.6/contrib/docker-build/docker-build && python docker-build $USER/node-opencv < Dockerfile
+# 3) Test: docker run $USER/node-opencv node -e "console.log(require('opencv').version)"
+#
+# VERSION		0.1
+# DOCKER-VERSION	0.1.6
+
+from	ubuntu:12.04
+run	echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main universe" > /etc/apt/sources.list
+run	apt-get update
+run	apt-get install -q -y libcv-dev
+run	apt-get install -q -y libopencv-dev
+run	apt-get install -q -y libhighgui-dev
+run	apt-get install wget
+run	wget -O - http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.23/node-v0.8.23-linux-x64.tar.gz | tar -C /usr/local/ --strip-components=1 -zxv
+run	npm install opencv