boot2docker on windows missing apt-get / package manager

Question

I'm in boot2docker. I'm not entirely sure I understand it completely, but it seems to be needed for a project I'm on.

I've ssh'd in, and I tried to do a make on our project, but I got

make: not found

Then I tried a:

apt-get install make

And got

apt-get: not found

Tried googling, but couldn't find anything about that, or any package manager.

Any suggestions on how to install anything in boot2docker?

EDIT: When I asked this I misunderstood how boot2docker and docker worked hand in hand. There is actually a package manager (tce-load) that allows install of packages, but really, it shouldn't be used and anything involving a project using docker should be using a docker container within boot2docker that has the build tools inside of that. Although I did find tce-load useful installing nano, since I'm not a fan of vi and that's occationaly useful.

Solution 1

Seems boot2docker uses Tiny Linux which has its own package manager called "tce-load". There's a list of packages for it here:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/tcz_2x.html

There's everything that's needed to make or whatever located there.

Solution 2

You should not be installing anything on the boot2docker vm as that gets deleted and reset often. You should install any tools inside a docker container running on the boot2docker vm.

Comments

[Reza S]

That's a valid answer, in my example someone has created a Makefiles to build docker images and that requires make

[bnieland]

For example, I needed a text editor and found nano on the list above: it installed simply with tce-load -wi nano.

[PositiveGuy]

this is so God damn frustrating, all these flavors of Linux.

[PositiveGuy]

so what command did you ultimately run to get apt-get package installed?

[phazei]

There is no apt-get and you don't need it. In tiny linux it's alternative is "tce-load", use that instead of apt-get, it's a small distro so not as many packages are available.