How to package isaac sim build? + bootstrap the package with all dependencies (kit sdk)

[BenjaminYde]

When building IsaacSim in Docker using build.sh -r I see that the layer cache of only the install of IsaacSim of the Docker image is 37GB!
What do I need to do to create a clean / minimal install of the release/ folder (build artifact).
Can I delete certain files that are not needed anymore? Cache files or other?
Is there a command I do not know of to Install Isaac Sim?

When looking at the IsaacSim 5.0.0 from the NGC Catalog, I see that it is only 7.11 GB in size.
My goal is to make my docker image as small as possible.

I want to:

• Build isaac sim release (works): build.sh -r
• Package isaac sim (works): ./repo.sh package -c release which creates a .7z file
  --> the --mode options are not clear at all.
• On another host i want to install this package (isaac sim) with all dependencies that are needed (kit sdk + exts/ etc.), what are the steps to do this?

Please provide me with the steps.

[vick-yu]

Please see if https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/isaac-sim-kit-app-docker-image/341866/2 is helpful.

[BenjaminYde]

I'm trying out the ./repo.sh package but I encounter the following error:
(building & using isaac sim is no problem, just want to package everything and install it without dev dependencies / artifacts)

Excluding extensions downloaded from the registry for thin packaging
Preparing files to package...
[08/12/25 16:02:50] ERROR Error: Path does not exist: /home/vintecc/.local/share/nvidia_isaacsim/_build/linux-x86_64/release/extscache/omni.kit.window.section-107.0.3 fileutils.py:132
NoneType: None
ERROR Encountered exception RuntimeError: Path does not exist: /home/vintecc/.local/share/nvidia_isaacsim/_build/linux-x86_64/release/extscache/omni.kit.window.section-107.0.3 log.py:182
ERROR RuntimeError encountered while running repo_package_app via ['/home/vintecc/.local/share/nvidia_isaacsim/tools/repoman/repoman.py', 'package']: exceptions_utils.py:156
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ /home/vintecc/.local/share/nvidia_isaacsim/_repo/deps/repo_man/omni/repo/man/entry.py:138 in run │
│ │
│ 135 │ │ repo_config = self.merged_tool_config.get("repo", {}) │
│ 136 │ │ │
│ 137 │ │ try: │
│ ❱ 138 │ │ │ options.func(options) │
│ 139 │ │ except SystemExit as sys_exit: │
│ 140 │ │ │ # TODO: this should eventually be deprecated and emit a loud warning │
│ 141 │ │ │ # Ideally we have caught all the lingering sys.exit calls by then │
│ │
│ /home/vintecc/.local/share/nvidia_isaacsim/_repo/deps/repo_man/omni/repo/man/entry.py:90 in │
│ │
│ 87 │ │ │ # Tool can still return None, in that case we unregister it │
│ 88 │ │ │ if func: │
│ 89 │ │ │ │ tool_parser.set_defaults( │
│ ❱ 90 │ │ │ │ │ func=lambda args, func=func, config=self.merged_tool_config: │
│ func(args, config), │
│ 91 │ │ │ │ │ tool_name=self.name, │
│ 92 │ │ │ │ │ tool_config_path=self.tool_config_path, │
│ 93 │ │ │ │ │ merged_tool_config=self.merged_tool_config, │
│ │
│ /home/vintecc/.local/share/nvidia_isaacsim/_repo/deps/repo_package/omni/repo/package/init.py:1242 in run_repo_tool │
│ │
│ 1239 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ keyword="files_strip_exclude", │
│ 1240 │ │ │ │ │ │ ) │
│ 1241 │ │ │ │ │ │
│ ❱ 1242 │ │ │ │ │ package(pkg_desc, configs, platform_target=options.platform_target) │
│ 1243 │ │
│ 1244 │ return run_repo_tool │
│ 1245 │
│ │
│ /home/vintecc/.local/share/nvidia_isaacsim/_repo/deps/repo_package/omni/repo/package/init.py:617 in package │
│ │
│ 614 │ │ │ │ │ │ # That enables doing ["tools/repoman/*.py"] instead of │
│ ["tools/repoman/*.py", "tools/repoman"]: │
│ 615 │ │ │ │ │ │ strip_to_first_wildcard = isabs │
│ 616 │ │ │ │ │ │ dst = target_dir │
│ ❱ 617 │ │ │ │ repo_man.fileutils.copy_files( │
│ 618 │ │ │ │ │ omniverse_filepath(src), │
│ 619 │ │ │ │ │ omniverse_filepath(dst), │
│ 620 │ │ │ │ │ exclude_path_patterns=package_desc.files_exclude, │
│ │
│ /home/vintecc/.local/share/nvidia_isaacsim/_repo/deps/repo_man/omni/repo/man/fileutils.py:370 in copy_files │
│ │
│ 367 │ │ │ else: │
│ 368 │ │ │ │ dst = os.path.join(omniverse_filepath(dst_path), fi) │
│ 369 │ │ │ # we do a split here because we want to check that the directory structure │
│ exists, not the file. │
│ ❱ 370 │ │ │ _do_copy_item(omniverse_filepath(src), omniverse_filepath(dst), │
│ allowed_paths) │
│ 371 │ else: │
│ 372 │ │ # lets assume its a file. │
│ 373 │ │ if not _is_excluded(src_path, exclude_path_patterns): │
│ │
│ /home/vintecc/.local/share/nvidia_isaacsim/_repo/deps/repo_man/omni/repo/man/fileutils.py:133 in _do_copy_item │
│ │
│ 130 │ if not os.path.exists(src_path): │
│ 131 │ │ if ERROR_IF_NOT_EXIST: │
│ 132 │ │ │ logger.error("Error: Path does not exist: %s" % src_path, exc_info=True) │
│ ❱ 133 │ │ │ raise RuntimeError("Path does not exist: %s" % src_path) │
│ 134 │ │ else: │
│ 135 │ │ │ logger.warning("Warning: Path does not exist: %s" % src_path) │
│ 136 │ │ │ return │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
RuntimeError: Path does not exist: /home/vintecc/.local/share/nvidia_isaacsim/_build/linux-x86_64/release/extscache/omni.kit.window.section-107.0.3
An uncaptured Exception was raised. Check stdout for wrapped tool failures and logs in _repo/ for details.

[BenjaminYde]

I used repo.sh precache_exts and then repo.sh package -c release -a. Then i was able to package it to a 2.4 GB .7z file.

But When running isaac-sim.sh from inside the archive, kit/ folder (so all dependencies etc.) is not part of it.
pull_kit_sdk.sh is what I need but I need the "${SCRIPT_DIR}/tools/eula_check.sh" file which is not part of the .7z.
"${SCRIPT_DIR}/tools/eula_check.sh" is part of the source code repo but not part of the packaged .7z file...

I don't know if there are other dependencies (except from the kit) I need to add to make sure everything works?

[vick-yu]

We have an internal ticket to publish the Dockerfile for the 5.x release, which should serve as a useful reference once it's available.

[vick-yu]

You can now reference the new Dockerfile and related resources in the tools/docker directory of the IsaacSim repo