Dockerfile reproducer for pypa/setuptools#1229

Dockerfile

FROM ubuntu:xenial

# general environment for docker
ENV        DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
           FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1

RUN        apt-get update \
           && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
              bzip2 \
              build-essential \
              pkg-config \
              libc6-dev \
              python-minimal \
              python-dev \
              python-pip \
              ca-certificates \
              poppler-utils \
              coreutils \
              curl \
              git \
              lsb-release \
              wget \
           && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# this is the "SYSTEM-WIDE" install of python and cython
RUN        pip install setuptools --user --no-binary :all:
RUN        pip install cython --user --no-binary :all:
RUN        python --version && which python
RUN        /root/.local/bin/cython --version

# here starts the "USER-SCOPE": either in $HOME, conda, a virtual env, or e.g. spack
RUN        wget http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh && \
           chmod +x miniconda.sh && \
           ./miniconda.sh -b && \
           ls

RUN        git clone --depth 10 https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git

ENV        PYTHONUSERBASE=/dev/null
RUN        /root/miniconda2/bin/conda create -y -p /tmp/py27 python=2.7 && \
           /bin/bash -l -c "source /root/miniconda2/bin/activate /tmp/py27 && \
           /root/miniconda2/bin/conda install -y gcc libgcc=4.8.5 numpy pkgconfig libpng freetype && \
           cd matplotlib && \
           which python && \
           python setup.py build && \
           python setup.py install"