From 2115a22a35b063b40f1e81ea5528f160ac9ca3ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jcardozo <jaime.cardozo@library.ethz.ch>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:37:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update Dockerfile to improve installation process

Redefined the installation by setting DEBIAN_FRONTEND to noninteractive.
https://manpages.debian.org/testing/debconf-doc/debconf.7.en.html#DEBIAN_FRONTEND
---
 Dockerfile | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ffa70c9..3bc5cfe 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 # Use Ubuntu as the base image
 FROM ubuntu:24.04
 
-# Install most essential tools (curl and ca-certificates)
+# Update package list and install essential tools (curl, ca-certificates)
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y \
+    # Install packages without prompts and recommendations
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     curl \
-    ca-certificates \
-    --no-install-recommends && \
+    ca-certificates && \
+    # Clean up apt cache to reduce image size
     apt-get clean && \
+    # Delete downloaded package lists
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Install Nix Package Manager using the Determinate Systems Nix installer