How to install libvips on a docker container.
My take on this .
FROM ubuntu:20.04
RUN mkdir /app
COPY imgApp /app
ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
build-essential \
wget \
git \
pkg-config
RUN apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools \
python3-wheel
RUN pip3 install meson ninja
RUN apt-get install -y \
libexpat1-dev \
librsvg2-dev \
libpng-dev \
libjpeg-dev \
libwebp-dev \
libexif-dev \
liblcms2-dev \
libglib2.0-dev \
liborc-dev \
libgirepository1.0-dev \
gettext
ARG VIPS_VER=8.14.2
ARG VIPS_DLURL=https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/download
RUN cd /usr/local/src \
&& wget ${VIPS_DLURL}/v${VIPS_VER}/vips-${VIPS_VER}.tar.xz \
&& tar xf vips-${VIPS_VER}.tar.xz \
&& cd vips-${VIPS_VER}
&& meson setup build --buildtype=release \
&& cd build \
&& meson compile \
&& meson test \
&& meson install
RUN ldconfig
RUN export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/vips/lib
Hope someone will better this in future.