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+FROM debian:wheezy
+MAINTAINER Johannes Schickling "schickling.j@gmail.com"
+
+# install octave 3.6.2
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y octave
+
+# cleanup package manager
+RUN apt-get autoclean && apt-get clean
+RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
+
+# prepare dir
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
+
+VOLUME ["/usr/src/app"]
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+CMD ["octave"]
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+# octave
+
+Lightweight ocatve development environment
+
+## Usage
+
+```sh
+$ docker run -it -v /local/source:/usr/src/app schickling/octave
+```
+
+Mount your local source folder to the container and run it inside the container.