- The Docker installation package available in the official Ubuntu repository may not be the latest version. To ensure we get the latest version, we’ll install Docker from the official Docker repository. To do that, we’ll add a new package source, add the GPG key from Docker to ensure the downloads are valid, and then install the package.
- First, update your existing list of packages:
sudo apt update
- Next, install a few prerequisite packages which let apt use packages over HTTPS:
sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
- Then add the GPG key for the official Docker repository to your system:
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
- Add the Docker repository to APT sources:
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
- Update your existing list of packages again for the addition to be recognized:
sudo apt update
- Make sure you are about to install from the Docker repo instead of the default Ubuntu repo:
apt-cache policy docker-ce
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You’ll see output like this, although the version number for Docker may be different:
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Output of
apt-cache policy docker-ce
docker-ce:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 5:20.10.14~3-0~ubuntu-jammy
Version table:
5:20.10.14~3-0~ubuntu-jammy 500
500 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu jammy/stable amd64 Packages
5:20.10.13~3-0~ubuntu-jammy 500
500 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu jammy/stable amd64 Packages
Notice that docker-ce is not installed, but the candidate for installation is from the Docker repository for Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy).
- Finally, install Docker:
sudo apt install docker-ce
- Docker should now be installed, the daemon started, and the process enabled to start on boot. Check that it’s running:
sudo systemctl status docker
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The output should be similar to the following, showing that the service is active and running:
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Output of
sudo apt install docker-ce
● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-04-01 21:30:25 UTC; 22s ago
TriggeredBy: ● docker.socket
Docs: https://docs.docker.com
Main PID: 7854 (dockerd)
Tasks: 7
Memory: 38.3M
CPU: 340ms
CGroup: /system.slice/docker.service
└─7854 /usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock
- Now Install Docker Composer
sudo apt install docker-compose