Run FlatCam from within Docker

README.md

Run FlatCam from within Docker

Prepare

git clone https://bitbucket.org/marius_stanciu/flatcam_beta/branch/Beta_8.995 flatcam_beta
cd flatcam_beta
vim Dockerfile # Paste in the content of Dockerfile

Build

docker build -t flatcam-beta .

Run

docker run -it --rm \
 --device /dev/dri \
 --group-add video \
 --security-opt seccomp=unconfined \
 -e WAYLAND_DISPLAY=$WAYLAND_DISPLAY \
 -v $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/$WAYLAND_DISPLAY:$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/$WAYLAND_DISPLAY \
 -v $HOME/flatcam/.conf:/root/.FlatCAM \
 -v $HOME/flatcam:/workspace \
 -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR \
 -e GDK_BACKEND=wayland \
 flatcam-beta

Notes

Tested on Ubuntu 26.04 running on AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 w/ Radeon 860M.

Dockerfile

FROM python:3.12-slim

ARG USERNAME=flatcam
ARG USER_UID=1000
ARG USER_GID=$USER_UID

WORKDIR /app
COPY . .

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
  build-essential \
  gcc \
  g++ \
  libgl1 \
  libegl1 \
  freeglut3-dev \
  libqt6gui6 \
  libqt6widgets6 \
  libqt6core6t64 \
  libgdal-dev \
  libcairo2-dev \
  python3-tk \
  qt6-wayland \
  && pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir pip setuptools wheel \
  && pip install --no-cache-dir GDAL=="$(gdal-config --version)" \
  && pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt \
  && apt-get remove -y \
  build-essential \
  gcc \
  g++ \
  libgdal-dev \
  libcairo2-dev \
  && apt-get autoremove -y --purge \
  && apt-get clean \
  && apt-get autoclean \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

CMD ["python", "flatcam.py"]