What is the best way to keep installed system packages?
I use ubuntu as my base docker image. In a lot of workspaces I install additional system packages via apt.
When I use codespaces and install packages there, they stay on even after a restart.
What is the best way to keep them?
One way would be to use the personalized file right? Any other/better way without user interference?
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Coder OSS (v2)
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Why don't you build a custom base image with your images?
I already do that, but for some projects you a developer needs package XYZ and another needs ZYX. It would be nice, if the installed packages could be kept. Just like codespaces does it
If its a docker workspace, you can mount volumes at
/usr, /etc/ etc to persist them. This will persist the packages installed by apt.I have a template where I am doing this. See https://github.com/matifali/coder-templates/blob/main/deeplearning%2Fmain.tf for reference.
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