diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu
+
+ENV SRC_DIR /app/lobster/dev
+
+ENV BUILD_DIR $SRC_DIR/build
+
+ENV DISPLAY :0
+
+ENV USERNAME developer
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN apt update
+
+# Ubuntu specific issues
+# - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive prevents from asking timezone
+# - --no-install-recommends prevents install extras
+# - specific deps for https
+#   - apt-transport-https
+#   - software-properties-common
+
+# Undocumented dep
+# - libxext-dev
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    apt-transport-https sudo \
+    software-properties-common \
+    git cmake wget g++ mesa-common-dev libxext-dev
+
+RUN wget -qO /app/ninja.gz https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/latest/download/ninja-linux.zip \
+    && gunzip /app/ninja.gz \
+    && chmod a+x /app/ninja
+    
+# link the executable so we can call it anywhere
+RUN ln -s /app/ninja /bin/ninja
+
+# the docs ended with .git
+# my preference is no extension
+RUN git clone https://github.com/aardappel/lobster
+
+# the docs didn't do this like this
+# my preference and seems to be best practice use a build dir
+RUN cmake -S $SRC_DIR -B $BUILD_DIR -G Ninja
+RUN ninja -C $BUILD_DIR
+
+# link the executable so we can call it anywhere
+RUN ln -s /app/lobster/bin/lobster /bin/lobster
+
+# create and switch to a user
+RUN echo "backus ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+RUN useradd --no-log-init --home-dir /home/$USERNAME --create-home --shell /bin/bash $USERNAME
+RUN adduser $USERNAME sudo
+USER $USERNAME
+
+WORKDIR /home/$USERNAME
+
+COPY bin .
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["lobster"]
+
+CMD ["main.lobster"]
+
+# Needs X11 on linux
+# CMD ["/app/lobster/samples/pythtree.lobster"]
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diff --git a/Dockerfile-make b/Dockerfile-make
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+FROM ubuntu
+
+ENV SRC_DIR /app/lobster/dev
+
+ENV BUILD_DIR $SRC_DIR/build
+
+ENV DISPLAY :0
+
+ENV USERNAME developer
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN apt update
+
+# Ubuntu specific issues
+# - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive prevents from asking timezone
+# - --no-install-recommends prevents install extras
+# - specific deps for https
+#   - apt-transport-https
+#   - software-properties-common
+
+# Undocumented dep
+# - libxext-dev
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    apt-transport-https sudo \
+    software-properties-common \
+    git cmake make g++ mesa-common-dev libxext-dev
+
+# the docs ended with .git
+# my preference is no extension
+RUN git clone https://github.com/aardappel/lobster
+
+# the docs didn't do this like this
+# my preference and seems to be best practice use a build dir
+RUN cmake -S $SRC_DIR -B $BUILD_DIR
+RUN make -C $BUILD_DIR
+
+# link the executable so we can call it anywhere
+RUN ln -s /app/lobster/bin/lobster /bin/lobster
+
+# create and switch to a user
+RUN echo "backus ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+RUN useradd --no-log-init --home-dir /home/$USERNAME --create-home --shell /bin/bash $USERNAME
+RUN adduser $USERNAME sudo
+USER $USERNAME
+
+WORKDIR /home/$USERNAME
+
+COPY bin .
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["lobster"]
+
+CMD ["main.lobster"]
+
+# Needs X11 on linux
+# CMD ["/app/lobster/samples/pythtree.lobster"]
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# lobster-cli-hello-world
+
+## Description
+This is a POC project to demonstrate lobster, a cross between cpp and python.
+
+Supports X11 display forwarding from docker container.
+
+## Tech stack
+- lobster
+- gpp
+- cmake
+
+## Docker stack
+- ubuntu
+
+## To run
+`sudo ./install.sh -u`
+
+## To stop (optional)
+`sudo ./install.sh -d`
+
+## To see help
+`sudo ./install.sh -h`
+
+## Credit
+- [Offical docs](http://aardappel.github.io/lobster/getting_started.html)
+- [Docker X11 display forwarding](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1249043/run-simple-x11-app-in-docker-container-on-ubuntu-20-04)
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diff --git a/bin/main.lobster b/bin/main.lobster
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+print("Hello, world!")
diff --git a/general.log b/general.log
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+[2023-08-29 09:15:53 INFO]: install::setup-logging ended
+================
+[2023-08-29 09:15:53 INFO]: install::start-up started
+[2023-08-29 09:15:53 INFO]: install::start-up running image
+[2023-08-29 09:15:53 INFO]: install::start-up running image
+[2023-08-29 09:15:53 INFO]: install::start-up ended
+================
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+basefile="install"
+logfile="general.log"
+timestamp=`date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+  msg="[ERROR]: $basefile failed to receive enough args"
+  echo "$msg"
+  echo "$msg" >> $logfile
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+function setup-logging(){
+  scope="setup-logging"
+  info_base="[$timestamp INFO]: $basefile::$scope"
+
+  echo "$info_base started" >> $logfile
+
+  echo "$info_base removing old logs" >> $logfile
+
+  rm -f $logfile
+
+  echo "$info_base ended" >> $logfile
+
+  echo "================" >> $logfile
+}
+
+function root-check(){
+  scope="root-check"
+  info_base="[$timestamp INFO]: $basefile::$scope"
+
+  echo "$info_base started" >> $logfile
+
+  #Make sure the script is running as root.
+  if [ "$UID" -ne "0" ]; then
+    echo "[$timestamp ERROR]: $basefile::$scope you must be root to run $0" >> $logfile
+    echo "==================" >> $logfile
+    echo "You must be root to run $0. Try the following"
+    echo "sudo $0"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "$info_base ended" >> $logfile
+  echo "================" >> $logfile
+}
+
+function docker-check() {
+  scope="docker-check"
+  info_base="[$timestamp INFO]: $basefile::$scope"
+  cmd=`docker -v`
+
+  echo "$info_base started" >> $logfile
+
+  if [ -z "$cmd" ]; then
+    echo "$info_base docker not installed"
+    echo "$info_base docker not installed" >> $logfile
+  fi
+
+  echo "$info_base ended" >> $logfile
+  echo "================" >> $logfile
+
+}
+
+function usage() {
+    echo ""
+    echo "Usage: "
+    echo ""
+    echo "-u: start."
+    echo "-d: tear down."
+    echo "-h: Display this help and exit."
+    echo ""
+}
+function start-up(){
+
+  scope="start-up"
+  docker_img_name=`head -n 1 README.md | sed 's/# //'`
+  info_base="[$timestamp INFO]: $basefile::$scope"
+
+  echo "$info_base started" >> $logfile
+
+  xhost + local:docker
+
+  sudo docker build -t ${docker_img_name} .
+
+  echo "$info_base running image" >> $logfile
+
+  sudo docker run -ti --rm \
+    -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix ${docker_img_name}
+
+  echo "$info_base running image" >> $logfile
+
+  echo "$info_base ended" >> $logfile
+
+  echo "================" >> $logfile
+}
+function tear-down(){
+
+    scope="tear-down"
+    info_base="[$timestamp INFO]: $basefile::$scope"
+
+    echo "$info_base started" >> $logfile
+
+    echo "$info_base services removed" >> $logfile
+
+    echo "$info_base ended" >> $logfile
+
+    echo "================" >> $logfile
+}
+
+root-check
+docker-check
+
+while getopts ":udh" opts; do
+  case $opts in
+    u)
+      setup-logging
+      start-up ;;
+    d)
+      tear-down ;;
+    h)
+      usage
+      exit 0 ;;
+    /?)
+      usage
+      exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+done