How to install python in a docker image?

Question

I want to create a docker image with selenium and chrome correctly installed, so I choose a base image with these properties. Therefore, the first

Answer 1

RUN sudo apt-get update

RUN sudo apt-get install python

As hinted by:

Acquire (13: Permission denied)

I believe this is due to your base image:

https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/blob/master/NodeChrome/Dockerfile

As you can see it swaps from the default user context of 'root' to 'seluser'.

You can either:

• wear this as a consequence of the base image (i.e. use sudo)
• swap back: USER root
• or consider creating your own docker image to avoid swapping in the first place

Hope that helps mate.