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Setting up Docker (and Docker Desktop) on Ubuntu

Setting up Docker (and Docker Desktop) on Ubuntu

Sources

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/setup/install/linux/ubuntu/

Prerequisites

verify you have a GNOME-based desktop environment (Ubuntu Desktop is GNOME-based)
1. if not install gnome-terminal - sudo apt install gnome-terminal
verify you have KVM virtualization support - lsmod | grep kvm
1. if kvm and kvm_<arch> is not listed check here
2. ensure your user is part of the kvm group - sudo usermod -aG kvm $USER

Install Steps

ensure apt-get is up to date - sudo apt-get update
download the proper install for docker-desktop
1. for Ubuntu this is a .deb file
2. https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/
  1. to make sense of the release names see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
  2. (24.04.2 LTS = “Noble Numbat” = https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/noble/pool/stable/)
  3. find the right directory for your CPU architecture via dpkg --print-architecture
    1. https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/noble/pool/stable/amd64/
  4. download the latest version of all install files
    - containerd.io<version><arch>.deb
    - docker-buildx-plugin<version><arch>.deb
    - docker-ce-cli<version><arch>.deb
    - docker-ce-rootless-extras…?
      - not certain about this one; it's listed in the download site but not the docs
    - docker-ce<version><arch>.deb
    - docker-compose-plugin<version><arch>.deb
  5. install the packages
    1. sudo dpkg -i ./containerd.io_*.deb ./docker-ce_*.deb ./docker-ce-cli_*.deb ./docker-buildx-plugin_*.deb ./docker-compose-plugin_*.deb

Startup and Verify Docker

sudo service docker start
verify with a hello-world container
1. sudo docker run hello-world
configure to start on boot
1. sudo systemctl enable docker.service containerd.service

Configure Docker Logging

vi /etc/docker/daemon.json
1. add logging config per https://docs.docker.com/engine/logging/drivers/json-file/#usage

Install Docker Desktop

get latest deb file (rather large - 356MB)
- curl -O https://desktop.docker.com/linux/main/amd64/docker-desktop-amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install ./docker-desktop-amd64.deb
- ignore error msg at end (N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '.../docker-desktop-amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
there should now be a “Docker Desktop” icon in the Apps section

software/docker.txt · Last modified: 2025/04/13 16:22 by ron