LiteIDE Docker image

A LiteIDE redistribution as Docker container image providing a fast, portable, reproducible Go development environment.

Usage

This image can be run using the launcher script liteide.sh or using Docker directly.

Install the launcher script

Install the launcher script on your host:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mgoltzsche/liteide-docker/master/liteide.sh -o /tmp/run-liteide &&
chmod +x /tmp/run-liteide &&
sudo mv /tmp/run-liteide /usr/local/bin/run-liteide

Launcher script usage

The launcher can be used as follows:

run-liteide PROJECTDIR [PACKAGE]

Argument	Description
PROJECTDIR	The project directory that should be opened with LiteIDE
PACKAGE	Optional: the package your PROJECTDIR should be mounted to

Environment variable	Description
LITEIDE_INI	Path to a liteide.ini file that should be used. Default: $PROJECTDIR/liteide.ini
LITEIDE_VERSION	LiteIDE version
LITEIDE_IMAGE	full LiteIDE Docker image name (overwrites LITEIDE_VERSION)
LITEIDE_CACHE	if set to on the directory .liteide-cache is mounted to the container's GOPATH

Using Docker directly (optional)

In order to run a container using this image directly you need to provide several options:

• provide your host UID/GID as CHOWN environment variable in order to run LiteIDE as your user (not required when using podman)
• pass through your host's DISPLAY environment variable
• mount your host's /etc/machine-id
• mount your project directory into the container's /go directory (GOPATH points to /go)
• optionally you can also mount your project's liteide.ini to /tmp/liteide/.config/liteide/liteide.ini within the container (see liteite-example.ini)

Example:

docker run --name liteide --rm \
	-e CHUSR=$(id -u):$(id -g) \
	-e DISPLAY="${DISPLAY}" \
	--mount type=bind,src=/tmp/.X11-unix,dst=/tmp/.X11-unix \
	--mount type=bind,src=/etc/machine-id,dst=/etc/machine-id \
	--mount "type=bind,src=${PROJECTDIR:-.},dst=/go/src/github.com/example/project" \
	mgoltzsche/liteide:latest \
	/go/src/github.com/example/project

LiteIDE usage

This section explains how to manage LiteIDE's build configuration.

In order to build the whole project independent of your currently opened file and with the root package's BUILDFLAGS you may want to lock the build path as follows:

• Using the root package's context menu select Build Path Configuration
• Configure the BUILDFLAGS variable if required
• Lock Build Path to the top-level directory

If you want keep your configuration across IDE restarts or ship it with your project you need to enter the LiteIDE Docker container and copy /opt/liteide/home/.config/liteide/liteide.ini to your project dir at ./.liteide.ini.

License

• This project (Docker build + script): Apache License 2.0
• LiteIDE: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1