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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 apt-get update -qq
+run apt-get install -y software-properties-common python-software-properties
+run add-apt-repository -y ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
+run apt-get update
+run apt-get install -y libcv-dev libcvaux-dev libhighgui-dev libopencv-dev
+run curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | bash -
+run apt-get install -y nodejs
+run	npm install opencv || cat npm-debug.log