Not able to install octave while creating docker

Graphics / Linux Linux
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I get below error when i try to install octave in docker. How to resolve this and install octave? Pls let me know.

Step 8/18 : RUN apt install octave
—> Running in ee2ef8b179c2

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?
The command ‘/bin/sh -c apt install octave’ returned a non-zero code: 100

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The message says it all:
are you root?

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I am not root. But should not I be root, when I am creating my own container.

If I am not root, how can I create a container with required linux packages?

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Then you’ll have to add sudo in front of the apt command in the dockerfile. Though I’m still puzzled what this has to do with the nvidia linux driver.