MartyPC

docker linux podman system administration

Published on Jun 17, 2025 by dab · 2 min read

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MartyPC local build (checks out repository at specific commit)
targets X11, Mesa EGL, GTK3

FROM debian:12.11

ARG U_NAME="user"
ARG U_ID="1000"
RUN adduser --disabled-password --gecos '' --uid ${U_ID} ${U_NAME}


WORKDIR /home/${U_NAME}

#=================================#
# install Rust

USER root
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    curl \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

USER ${U_NAME}
RUN \
  curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -o ./rustup-init.sh https://sh.rustup.rs && \
  sh ./rustup-init.sh -y
#=================================#

#=================================#
# download + build MartyPC

USER root

# as indicated by docs
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    git \
    curl \
    build-essential \
    pkg-config \
    libasound2-dev \
    libudev-dev \
    libc-dev \
    libx11-dev \
    libclang-dev \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# for X11
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    libxcursor1 \
    libx11-xcb1 \
    libxi6 \
    libxkbcommon-x11-dev \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# for GL backend
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    libegl1-mesa-dev \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# NOTE: pair with the following in Cargo.toml: `rfd = { version = "0.15", default-features = false, features = ["gtk3"] }`
# - otherwise tries to use "xdg-portal", requires extra config/setup to make that work properly
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    libgtk-3-dev \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*


USER ${U_NAME}

# switch to "nightly" channel
RUN \
  /home/${U_NAME}/.cargo/bin/rustup install nightly && \
  /home/${U_NAME}/.cargo/bin/rustup default nightly
RUN git clone https://github.com/dbalsom/martypc.git
RUN \
  cd ./martypc && \
  git checkout bc5b03e5b9fd1aa7f8374a60d70b0b5f1002a9a2 && \
  cd ./install && \
  /home/${U_NAME}/.cargo/bin/cargo build --release
#=================================#

#=================================#
USER root

# for GUI stuff (via host)
RUN usermod -a -G audio ${U_NAME}
RUN usermod -a -G video ${U_NAME}
RUN groupadd -g 106 render && usermod -a -G render ${U_NAME}
#=================================#

USER ${U_NAME}

if you want to persist the build cache between container runs, you can add something like this to your container run invocation:

-v /path/to/hostmounted_dir:/home/user/hostmounted_cargohome
-e CARGO_HOME=/home/user/hostmounted_cargohome

for passing audio/video from host: