--- title: Installing MCUXpresso Installer in DevContainer | daily.dev description: A step-by-step guide for installing the NXP MCUXpresso Installer inside a Docker DevContainer on Ubuntu. Covers the Dockerfile setup, downloading and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/installing-mcuxpresso-installer-in-devcontainer-bgntyeryy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Installing MCUXpresso Installer in DevContainer | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide for installing the NXP MCUXpresso Installer inside a Docker DevContainer on Ubuntu. Covers the Dockerfile setup, downloading and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/installing-mcuxpresso-installer-in-devcontainer-bgntyeryy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BGntYEryY.png og:image:alt: Installing MCUXpresso Installer in DevContainer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Installing MCUXpresso Installer in DevContainer **[MCU on Eclipse](https://daily.dev/sources/mcuoneclipse)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide for installing the NXP MCUXpresso Installer inside a Docker DevContainer on Ubuntu. Covers the Dockerfile setup, downloading and installing the .deb.bin package as the vscode user, installing required GUI libraries for running the graphical interface in WSL, and using the CLI version with a dbus workaround. The goal is to replicate the native developer experience inside a containerized environment, even though WSL is not officially supported by NXP for this tool. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/installing-mcuxpresso-installer-in-devcontainer-bgntyeryy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Installing MCUXpresso Installer in DevContainer","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/installing-mcuxpresso-installer-in-devcontainer-bgntyeryy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/installing-mcuxpresso-installer-in-devcontainer-bgntyeryy"},"datePublished":"2026-07-13T07:47:36.160Z","dateModified":"2026-07-13T07:47:57.190Z","description":"A step-by-step guide for installing the NXP MCUXpresso Installer inside a Docker DevContainer on Ubuntu. Covers the Dockerfile setup, downloading and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1229771b6d62a063ef4efade8700ed80?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1229771b6d62a063ef4efade8700ed80?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"MCU on Eclipse","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"MCU on Eclipse","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--SR10h4lP--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780213548/logos/mcuoneclipse?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/mcuoneclipse"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/installing-mcuxpresso-installer-in-devcontainer-bgntyeryy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"docker","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MCU on Eclipse","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/mcuoneclipse"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Installing MCUXpresso Installer in DevContainer"}]} ```