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Docker Install

Introduction​

This guide will cover how to install Docker on Ubuntu 24.04

Remove Conflicting Packages​

The first step is to remove packages that may conflict with the installation

for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose docker-compose-v2 podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done

Prepare For Installation​

Update apt​

sudo apt-get update

Install Dependencies​

sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl

Create keyring directory​

sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings

Download GPG key​

sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc

Set Permissions​

sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc

Add Repository​

echo \
  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update

Install Docker​

Install​

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

Verify​

Verify the installation completed successfully

sudo docker ps

Add User to Docker Group (Optional)​

If you want to allow for docker commands without sudo, you can add your user to the docker group. This comes with security implications and I do not do this.

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER