Use Docker for a portable dev environment

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Starting point:

FROM ubuntu

RUN apt-get update -qq
RUN apt-get install -y software-properties-common

RUN apt-get install -y archlinux-keyring
RUN apt-get install -y git
RUN apt-get install -y wget
RUN apt-get install -y the_silver_searcher
RUN apt-get install -y tree
RUN apt-get install -y zsh zsh-syntax-highlighting
RUN apt-get install -y tmux
RUN add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable &&\
      apt-get update &&\
      apt-get install -y neovim
RUN add-apt-repository ppa:martin-frost/thoughtbot-rcm &&\
      apt-get update &&\
      apt-get install -y rcm

RUN git clone https://github.com/graysonwright/dotfiles.git
RUN rcup

RUN mkdir /host
WORKDIR /host

# Add a ~/.env file in the home directory to set values such as the path.
# Add a single alias in the host that starts up the graysonwright/dev image
# and loads in the ~/.env file.

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Option 2:

FROM ubuntu:14.04

RUN apt-get update -y
RUN apt-get install -y mercurial
RUN apt-get install -y git
RUN apt-get install -y python
RUN apt-get install -y curl
RUN apt-get install -y vim
RUN apt-get install -y strace
RUN apt-get install -y diffstat
RUN apt-get install -y pkg-config
RUN apt-get install -y cmake
RUN apt-get install -y build-essential
RUN apt-get install -y tcpdump
RUN apt-get install -y screen
# Install go
RUN curl https://go.googlecode.com/files/go1.2.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -C /usr/local -zx

ENV GOROOT /usr/local/go
ENV PATH /usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
# Setup home environment
RUN useradd dev
RUN mkdir /home/dev && chown -R dev:/home/dev
RUN mkdir -p /home/dev/go /home/dev/bin /home/dev/lib /home/dev/include
ENV PATH /home/dev/bin:$PATH
ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH /home/dev/lib/pkgconfig
ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH /home/dev/lib
ENV GOPATH /home/dev/go:$GOPATH

RUN go get github.com/dotcloud/gordon/pulls
# Create a shared data volume
# We need to create an empty file, otherwise the volume will
# belong to root.
# This is probably a Docker bug.
RUN mkdir /var/shared/RUN touch /var/shared/placeholder
RUN chown -R dev:dev /var/shared
VOLUME /var/shared
WORKDIR /home/dev
ENV HOME /home/dev
ADD vimrc /home/dev/.vimrc
ADD vim /home/dev/.vim
ADD bash_profile /home/dev/.bash_profile
ADD gitconfig /home/dev/.gitconfig

# Link in shared parts of the home directory
RUN ln -s /var/shared/.ssh
RUN ln -s /var/shared/.bash_history
RUN ln -s /var/shared/.maintainercfg
RUN chown -R dev:/home/dev
USER dev