toukii / docker-qml-app

docker-qml-app

This docker is based on rogaha/docker-desktop which helps to run xwindows application in docker

Ubuntu 14.04 Configuration

prerequests

Because the docker use Ubuntu 16.04, and the xpra of 14.04 could not connect the version of xpra on 16.04. We need to install the right version of xpra 0.15.8 on ubuntu 14.04

Add the line deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu wily main universe to the end of file /etc/apt/sources.list

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install python-rencode
$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://xpra.org/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/xpra_0.15.8-3_amd64.deb

double click on this file to install xpra

These first two articles should be fallowed to install docker, docker-compose and dnsdocker

Install docker-engine and docker-compose

How to use dnsdock

Then install these tools on your local machine

$ sudo apt-get install xpra ssh sshpass

Disable strict host key checking

Usage

$ ./kickoff

Then the script qmlLancher is generate, execute

$ ./qmlLancher

to run your qml application