Docker images for 3D Slicer

Images

slicer/slicer-base

The base image for slicer/slicer-dependencies and slicer/slicer-build.

slicer/slicer-dependencies

An image containing all the dependencies to build Slicer itself: ITK, VTK, CTK, Qt, etc.

slicer/slicer-build

An image containing a Slicer build tree along with all the dependencies to build Slicer.

slicer/slicer-test

An image containing a Slicer build and test tree along with all the dependencies to build Slicer.

slicer/slicer-test:opengl

An image based on thewtex/opengl:centos which contains configuration files to run Slicer's tests

Usage

To build and package a local Slicer source tree at ~/src/Slicer against pre-built dependencies:

docker run --name slicer slicer/slicer-dependencies
# Copy the generated Slicer package to the /tmp/ directory.
docker cp slicer:$(docker cp slicer:/usr/src/Slicer-build/Slicer-build/PACKAGE_FILE.txt - | tar xO) /tmp/
docker rm slicer

Update

To update the Slicer revision, first install git svn:

sudo apt-get install git-svn

Then, configure a Slicer Git SVN repository as described on the wiki.

Then check out a local branch for the update:

git checkout -b update-$(date +%F)

And run the update script:

./slicer-base/update.sh /path/to/src/Slicer