generic.dockerfile.best-practice.remove-package-cache.remove-package-cache

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The package cache was not deleted after running 'apt-get update', which increases the size of the image. Remove the package cache by appending '&& apt-get clean' at the end of apt-get command chain.

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rules:
  - id: remove-package-cache
    patterns:
      - pattern: RUN apt-get update
      - pattern-not-inside: RUN apt-get update ... && apt-get clean
      - pattern-not-inside: RUN apt-get update ... &&\ apt-get clean
    message: The package cache was not deleted after running 'apt-get update', which
      increases the size of the image. Remove the package cache by appending '&&
      apt-get clean' at the end of apt-get command chain.
    severity: WARNING
    languages:
      - generic
    metadata:
      source-rule-url: https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/wiki/DL3009
      references:
        - https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/wiki/DL3009
      category: best-practice
      technology:
        - dockerfile
      license: Commons Clause License Condition v1.0[LGPL-2.1-only]
    paths:
      include:
        - "*dockerfile*"
        - "*Dockerfile*"

Examples

remove-package-cache.dockerfile

FROM busybox

# ruleid: remove-package-cache
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y python

# ruleid: remove-package-cache
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y python \
 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# ok: remove-package-cache
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y python \
 && apt-get clean

# ok: remove-package-cache
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y python \
 && apt-get clean \
 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*


# ok: remove-package-cache
RUN apt-get update &&\
    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
      build-essential \
      libxml2-dev \
      libxmlsec1-dev \
      libxmlsec1-openssl \
      libyaml-dev \
      pkg-config &&\
    apt-get clean &&\
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*