diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a687cd8..5429719 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN sed -i 's/sudo/#sudo/g' ./prepare_environment.sh \
     && ./prepare_environment.sh \
     && rm ./prepare_environment.sh
 
-# Install LiteX.
+# Install LiteX. TODO: put in litex directory.
 COPY --chown=user:user litex/litex_setup.py /home/user
 WORKDIR /home/user
 RUN    chmod +x litex_setup.py \
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ conda run -n xc7 ./litex_setup.py --init --install --user --tag=2023.04'
 WORKDIR /home/user
 COPY --chown=user:user buildroot.tar.gz /home/user
 RUN tar -xvf buildroot.tar.gz && rm buildroot.tar.gz
+USER root:root
+RUN apt-get -y install build-essential gcc g++ sed make binutils diffutils bash patch gzip bzip2 perl tar cpio unzip rsync bc findutils wget
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2a87886..6df30e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,32 @@
-.PHONY: image f4pga buildroot litex clone help
+.PHONY: image f4pga buildroot litex clone help container attach
 ADDED_FILES=f4pga/scripts/prepare_environment.sh litex/litex_setup.py buildroot.tar.gz
 
 help:
-	@echo 'make image: build docker image'
-	@echo 'make open: open docker image'
+	@echo 'compile commands (run in order)'
 	@echo 'make clone: clone repositories'
+	@echo 'make image: build docker image'
+	@echo 'make container: create docker container'
+	@echo
+	@echo 'run commands'
+	@echo 'make attach: open docker container'
+	@echo
+	@echo 'clean commands'
+	@echo 'make clean-container: delete docker container'
 
 image: ${ADDED_FILES}
 	docker build -t "upsilon-buildenv" .
 
+container:
+	docker run --name upsilon-container  --volume .:/home/user/outside -it upsilon-buildenv /bin/bash -l
+
+clean-container:
+	-docker stop upsilon-container
+	docker rm upsilon-container
+
+attach:
+	-docker start upsilon-container
+	docker attach upsilon-container
+
 ## Download external projects
 clone: f4pga buildroot litex