Apt Update Docker
2/13/2022by admin
To upgrade Docker CE, first run sudo apt-get update, then follow the installation instructions, choosing the new version you want to install. Install from a package If you cannot use Docker’s repository to install Docker CE, you can download the.deb file for your release and install it manually.
Oct 01, 2020 sudo docker run ubuntu bash -c “apt -y update” This will check if an ubuntu image exists locally or not. If it does not exist, it will display “Unable to find image 'ubuntu:latest' locally” message and start pulling it from docker hub. After pulling the image, it will run the apt update command. The command '/bin/sh -c apt-get update && apt-get install -y apt-utils default-jre-headless openssh-server curl wget unzip git build-essential libtool lintian sudo dh-make dh-exec kmod libtinyxml2-2 libboost-program-options1.55-dev libtinyxml2-dev python python-pip libncurses5-dev texinfo dh-autoreconf python3-pip doxygen devscripts git. My docker host is Ubuntu 19.04. I installed docker using snap. I created a Dockerfile as follows: FROM ubuntu:18.04 USER root RUN apt-get update RUN apt-get -y install build-essential libpcre3 lib.
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To get started with Docker Engine on Ubuntu, make sure youmeet the prerequisites, theninstall Docker.
Prerequisites
OS requirements
To install Docker Engine, you need the 64-bit version of one of these Ubuntuversions:
- Ubuntu Hirsute 21.04
- Ubuntu Focal 20.04 (LTS)
- Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 (LTS)
Docker Engine is supported on x86_64
(or amd64
), armhf
, arm64
, and s390x
architectures.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS “Xenial Xerus” end-of-life

Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS reached the end of its five-year LTS window on April30th 2021 and is no longer supported. Docker no longer releases packages forthis distribution (including patch- and security releases). Users runningDocker on Ubuntu 16.04 are recommended to update their system to a currentlysupported LTS version of Ubuntu.
Uninstall old versions
Older versions of Docker were called docker
, docker.io
, or docker-engine
.If these are installed, uninstall them:
It’s OK if apt-get
reports that none of these packages are installed.
The contents of /var/lib/docker/
, including images, containers, volumes, andnetworks, are preserved. If you do not need to save your existing data, and want tostart with a clean installation, refer to the uninstall Docker Enginesection at the bottom of this page.
Supported storage drivers
Docker Engine on Ubuntu supports overlay2
, aufs
and btrfs
storage drivers.
Docker Engine uses the overlay2
storage driver by default. If you need to useaufs
instead, you need to configure it manually.See use the AUFS storage driver
Installation methods
You can install Docker Engine in different ways, depending on your needs:
Most usersset up Docker’s repositories and installfrom them, for ease of installation and upgrade tasks. This is therecommended approach.
Some users download the DEB package andinstall it manually and manageupgrades completely manually. This is useful in situations such as installingDocker on air-gapped systems with no access to the internet.
In testing and development environments, some users choose to use automatedconvenience scripts to install Docker.
Install using the repository
Before you install Docker Engine for the first time on a new host machine, you needto set up the Docker repository. Afterward, you can install and update Dockerfrom the repository.
Set up the repository
Update the
apt
package index and install packages to allowapt
to use arepository over HTTPS:Add Docker’s official GPG key:
Use the following command to set up the stable repository. To add thenightly or test repository, add the word
nightly
ortest
(or both)after the wordstable
in the commands below. Learn about nightly and test channels.Note: The
lsb_release -cs
sub-command below returns the name of yourUbuntu distribution, such asxenial
. Sometimes, in a distributionlike Linux Mint, you might need to change$(lsb_release -cs)
to your parent Ubuntu distribution. For example, if you are usingLinux Mint Tessa
, you could usebionic
. Docker does not offer any guarantees on untestedand unsupported Ubuntu distributions.
Install Docker Engine
Update the
apt
package index, and install the latest version of DockerEngine and containerd, or go to the next step to install a specific version:Got multiple Docker repositories?
If you have multiple Docker repositories enabled, installingor updating without specifying a version in the
apt-get install
orapt-get update
command always installs the highest possible version,which may not be appropriate for your stability needs.To install a specific version of Docker Engine, list the available versionsin the repo, then select and install:
a. List the versions available in your repo:
b. Install a specific version using the version string from the second column, for example,
5:18.09.1~3-0~ubuntu-xenial
.Verify that Docker Engine is installed correctly by running the
hello-world
image.This command downloads a test image and runs it in a container. When thecontainer runs, it prints a message and exits.

Docker Engine is installed and running. The docker
group is created but no usersare added to it. You need to use sudo
to run Docker commands.Continue to Linux postinstall to allow non-privilegedusers to run Docker commands and for other optional configuration steps.
Upgrade Docker Engine
To upgrade Docker Engine, first run sudo apt-get update
, then follow theinstallation instructions, choosing the newversion you want to install.
Install from a package
If you cannot use Docker’s repository to install Docker Engine, you can download the.deb
file for your release and install it manually. You need to downloada new file each time you want to upgrade Docker.

Go to
https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/
,choose your Ubuntu version, then browse topool/stable/
, chooseamd64
,armhf
,arm64
, ors390x
, and download the.deb
file for the Docker Engineversion you want to install.Note
To install a nightly or test (pre-release) package,change the word
stable
in the above URL tonightly
ortest
.Learn about nightly and test channels.Install Docker Engine, changing the path below to the path where you downloadedthe Docker package.
The Docker daemon starts automatically.
Verify that Docker Engine is installed correctly by running the
hello-world
image.This command downloads a test image and runs it in a container. When thecontainer runs, it prints a message and exits.
Docker Engine is installed and running. The docker
group is created but no usersare added to it. You need to use sudo
to run Docker commands.Continue to Post-installation steps for Linux to allownon-privileged users to run Docker commands and for other optional configurationsteps.
Upgrade Docker Engine
To upgrade Docker Engine, download the newer package file and repeat theinstallation procedure, pointing to the new file.
Install using the convenience script
Docker provides a convenience script at get.docker.comto install Docker into development environments quickly and non-interactively.The convenience script is not recommended for production environments, but can beused as an example to create a provisioning script that is tailored to your needs.Also refer to the install using the repositorysteps to learn about installation steps to install using the package repository.The source code for the script is open source, and can be found in thedocker-install
repository on GitHub.
Apt Upgrade Docker
Always examine scripts downloaded from the internet before running them locally.Before installing, make yourself familiar with potential risks and limitationsof the convenience script:
- The script requires
root
orsudo
privileges to run. - The script attempts to detect your Linux distribution and version andconfigure your package management system for you, and does not allow you tocustomize most installation parameters.
- The script installs dependencies and recommendations without asking forconfirmation. This may install a large number of packages, depending on thecurrent configuration of your host machine.
- By default, the script installs the latest stable release of Docker, containerd,and runc. When using this script to provision a machine, this may result inunexpected major version upgrades of Docker. Always test (major) upgrades ina test environment before deploying to your production systems.
- The script is not designed to upgrade an existing Docker installation. Whenusing the script to update an existing installation, dependencies may not beupdated to the expected version, causing outdated versions to be used.
Tip: preview script steps before running
You can run the script with the DRY_RUN=1
option to learn what steps thescript will execute during installation:
This example downloads the script from get.docker.comand runs it to install the latest stable release of Docker on Linux:
Docker is installed. The docker
service starts automatically on Debian baseddistributions. On RPM
based distributions, such as CentOS, Fedora, RHEL or SLES,you need to start it manually using the appropriate systemctl
or service
command.As the message indicates, non-root users cannot run Docker commands by default.
Use Docker as a non-privileged user, or install in rootless mode?
The installation script requires root
or sudo
privileges to install anduse Docker. If you want to grant non-root users access to Docker, refer to thepost-installation steps for Linux.Docker can also be installed without root
privileges, or configured to runin rootless mode. For instructions on running Docker in rootless mode, refer torun the Docker daemon as a non-root user (rootless mode).
Install pre-releases
Docker also provides a convenience script at test.docker.comto install pre-releases of Docker on Linux. This script is equivalent to thescript at get.docker.com
, but configures your package manager to enable the“test” channel from our package repository, which includes both stable andpre-releases (beta versions, release-candidates) of Docker. Use this script toget early access to new releases, and to evaluate them in a testing environmentbefore they are released as stable.
To install the latest version of Docker on Linux from the “test” channel, run:
Upgrade Docker after using the convenience script
If you installed Docker using the convenience script, you should upgrade Dockerusing your package manager directly. There is no advantage to re-running theconvenience script, and it can cause issues if it attempts to re-addrepositories which have already been added to the host machine.
Uninstall Docker Engine
Uninstall the Docker Engine, CLI, and Containerd packages:
Images, containers, volumes, or customized configuration files on your hostare not automatically removed. To delete all images, containers, andvolumes:
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You must delete any edited configuration files manually.
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Next steps
Sudo Apt Update Docker

- Continue to Post-installation steps for Linux.
- Review the topics in Develop with Docker to learn how to build new applications using Docker.
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