Install the packages that are required to configure Docker’s repository: sudo apt update sudo apt remove docker docker-engine docker.io Output indicating that any of the packages aren’t found can be safely ignored. Recent non-LTS releases like Ubuntu 21.04, 20.10, and 21.10 should also be supported.Įnsure Docker is not currently installed. Supported distributions: Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 10, Debian 9.
The following instructions will install Docker Engine on one of these supported Ubuntu and Debian releases: Installing Docker Engine on Ubuntu and Debianĭocker Engine is the underlying containerization software used when deploying Docker containers. Review the following Docker guides to gain a better understanding of Docker, its benefits, and when to use it. If you’re not familiar with the sudo command, see the Users and Groups guide.
Commands that require elevated privileges are prefixed with sudo. This guide is written for a non-root user.
