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It used to be that docker could be installed literally by downloading the docker binary, then it was a single curl command. Now the documentation looks like thi
by timthelion 9y ago
It used to be that docker could be installed literally by downloading the docker binary, then it was a single curl command. Now the documentation looks like this: https://www.docker.com/get-docker https://www.docker.com/get-docker
You press "get docker community image". Then you find your distro. Go to "download from the docker store", discover that there is no dowload link https://store.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-server-ubuntu https://store.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-server... then you click on the long form link to the docs. Which gets you here: https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/#install-docker-ce-1 https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/docker-ce/...
And then that is not simple at all.
So much for fat binaries making things easy. Good-ness grief.
- throwanem 9y agoAdding a package repository and installing some packages doesn't seem that hard, and the major distros - and at least some minor ones; I see mention of Mint there - are supported. I've never had to do more than that, and it hasn't seemed especially objectionable; I have to confess I'm still not seeing where the additional burden arises.
- jsnathan 9y agoIf you simply want the latest stable docker version, try: curl -o /tmp/get-docker.sh https://get.docker.com && bash /tmp/get-docker.sh or even just curl https://get.docker.com | bash You can also use this script to update to the latest version, if you previously used it to install.