Setting up the build system in a Docker container

In this recipe, we will set up a Docker container to run Ubuntu 18.04 on your desktop or laptop. It does not matter what operating system runs on your machine, as Docker supports Windows, macOS, and Linux. As a result of this recipe, you will have a unified, virtualized Ubuntu Linux build system running within your host operating system.

If your operating system already runs Ubuntu Linux, feel free to skip to the next recipe.

How to do it...

We are going to install the Docker application on our laptop or desktop and then use a ready-made image of Ubuntu to run this operating system in a virtual environment:

1. In your web browser, open the following link and follow...