Merge pull request #396 from neo4j/fix/python-cleanup

Cleanup Python package

Author: bfeshti

neo4j-admin/Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG IMAGE
 FROM golang:1.22-bullseye as build
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl && apt-get remove -y python* && apt-get autoremove -y
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl && apt-get remove -y python* && apt-get autoremove -y && apt-get clean
 WORKDIR backup
 COPY backup/aws aws/
 COPY backup/azure azure/
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ FROM ${IMAGE} as final
 ARG DISTRIBUTION
 RUN \
     if [ "${DISTRIBUTION}" = "debian" ]; then  \
-      apt-get update && apt-get install -y bash netcat-openbsd curl wget gnupg apt-transport-https apt-utils lsb-release unzip less && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* ;  \
+      apt-get update && apt-get install -y bash netcat-openbsd curl wget gnupg apt-transport-https apt-utils lsb-release unzip less && \
+      apt-get remove -y python* && apt-get autoremove -y && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* ;  \
     else  \
       #for redhat
-      microdnf update -y && microdnf install -y bash nc wget gnupg yum-utils unzip less ;  \
+      microdnf update -y && microdnf install -y bash nc wget gnupg yum-utils unzip less && \
+      # Safely remove python packages without affecting protected packages
+      microdnf remove -y python3 python3-pip python2 python2-pip --exclude=dnf,libdnf --nobest || true && \
+      microdnf clean all ;  \
     fi
 COPY --from=build /go/backup/backup_linux bin/backup
 ENV NEO4J_server_config_strict__validation_enabled=false