initial checking of common python container
diff --git a/containers/common_python/Dockerfile b/containers/common_python/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu
+
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && apt-get install -y --force-yes \
+    curl \
+    gcc \
+    geoip-database \
+    git \
+    graphviz \
+    graphviz-dev \
+    libgeoip1 \
+    libxslt1.1 \
+    libxslt1-dev \
+    libyaml-dev \
+    pkg-config \
+    python-dev \
+    python-httplib2 \
+    python-pip \
+    python-psycopg2 \
+    python-pycurl \
+    tar \
+    wget
+
+RUN pip install \
+    lxml \
+    netaddr \
+    pytz \
+    requests \
+    python-keyczar \
+    pygraphviz \
+    dnslib
+
+RUN easy_install \
+    python_gflags \
+    google_api_python_client \
+    httplib2.ca_certs_locater
+
+RUN easy_install --upgrade httplib2
+
diff --git a/containers/common_python/Makefile b/containers/common_python/Makefile
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+.PHONY: build
+build: ; docker build --rm -t xos/python_common .
+
+.PHONY: rmi
+rm: ; docker rmi xos/python_common