Getting linux_for_tegra into a container on balena-os

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Hi Jonathan,

Here’s a Dockerfile I used to install these packages.

FROM balenalib/jetson-xavier-ubuntu:bionic

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive

WORKDIR /usr/src/app

# nvidia-l4t-core is a dependency for the rest
# of the packages, and is designed to be installed directly
# on the target device. This because it parses /proc/device-tree
# in the deb's .preinst script. Looks like we can bypass it though:
RUN \
    echo "deb https://repo.download.nvidia.com/jetson/common r32.4 main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \
    echo "deb https://repo.download.nvidia.com/jetson/t194 r32.4 main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \
    apt-key adv --fetch-key http://repo.download.nvidia.com/jetson/jetson-ota-public.asc && \
    mkdir -p /opt/nvidia/l4t-packages/ && \
    touch /opt/nvidia/l4t-packages/.nv-l4t-disable-boot-fw-update-in-preinstall && \
    apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends nvidia-l4t-core

RUN \
    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
    nvidia-l4t-firmware \
    nvidia-l4t-multimedia-utils \
    nvidia-l4t-multimedia \
    nvidia-l4t-cuda \
    nvidia-l4t-x11 \
    nvidia-l4t-camera \
    nvidia-l4t-tools \
    nvidia-l4t-graphics-demos \
    nvidia-l4t-gstreamer \
    nvidia-l4t-jetson-io \
    nvidia-l4t-configs \
    nvidia-l4t-3d-core \
    nvidia-l4t-oem-config

ENV UDEV=1

CMD ["bash"]

Some of the packages you listed don’t seem very useful in container unless they include some configuration you really need. They can probably be dropped to save some space, for instance the nvidia-l4t-initrd or nvidia-l4t-xusb-firmware…