Keep your Docker image clean

To keep docker images small you should always run clean commands within the same commit. For example

RUN apt-get install -qq -y foo
RUN apt-get clean -y

wont do the expected clean up in terms of image size. Instead do

RUN apt-get install -qq -y foo && \
    apt-get clean -y

Furthermore I figured out that it can help to use --no-install-recommends if the tool I’m installing is just for setting up the image.