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Modifying an Existing Docker Image

To install a custom package or modify an existing docker image we need to

1. run a docker a container from the image we wish to modify
2. modify the docker container
3. commit the changes to the container as a docker image
4. test changes made to image

1.) Running a docker container from an image

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt update

sudo update-alternatives --remove-all gcc
sudo update-alternatives --remove-all g++
sudo apt-get install -y gcc-4.8 g++-4.8 gcc-4.9 g++-4.9 gcc-5 g++-5 gcc-6 g++-6 gcc-7 g++-7

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 10