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Dave Jarvis
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If you are using Ubuntu, and you do anYou probably want docker.io.

sudo apt-get install docker

You will get aThe docker.io package described asis the Docker containerization software; whereas, the docker package is a "System tray plugin for KDE3/GNOME2 applications"docking applications to the desktop UI.

 

If on the other hand, you doRunning:

sudo apt-get install docker.io

You will get ainstalls package described as "Docker complements kernel namespacing with a high level API which operates at the process level." i.e.That is, the Docker everyone is usually thinking about when they say Docker.

Running:

sudo apt-get install docker

installs a package described as a "System tray for KDE3/GNOME2 applications"

Running:

sudo apt-cache search ^docker

displays descriptions of packages that start with the word "docker".

To make things more confusing, the snap package management tool uses the name docker to refer to the container, not the tray.

If you are using Ubuntu, and you do an

sudo apt-get install docker

You will get a package described as a "System tray for KDE3/GNOME2 applications"

If on the other hand, you do

sudo apt-get install docker.io

You will get a package described as "Docker complements kernel namespacing with a high level API which operates at the process level." i.e. the Docker everyone is usually thinking about when they say Docker.

You probably want docker.io.

The docker.io package is the Docker containerization software; whereas, the docker package is a tray plugin for docking applications to the desktop UI.

 

Running:

sudo apt-get install docker.io

installs package described as "Docker complements kernel namespacing with a high level API which operates at the process level." That is, the Docker everyone is usually thinking about when they say Docker.

Running:

sudo apt-get install docker

installs a package described as a "System tray for KDE3/GNOME2 applications"

Running:

sudo apt-cache search ^docker

displays descriptions of packages that start with the word "docker".

To make things more confusing, the snap package management tool uses the name docker to refer to the container, not the tray.

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peteshaw
peteshaw
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If you are using Ubuntu, and you do an

sudo apt-get install docker

You will get a package described as a "Sytem"System tray for KDE3/GNOME2 applications"

If on the other hand, you do

sudo apt-get install docker.io

You will get a package described as "Docker complements kernel namespacing with a high level API which operates at the process level." i.e. the Docker everyone is usually thinking about when they say Docker.

If you are using Ubuntu, and you do an

sudo apt-get install docker

You will get a package described as a "Sytem tray for KDE3/GNOME2 applications"

If on the other hand, you do

sudo apt-get install docker.io

You will get a package described as "Docker complements kernel namespacing with a high level API which operates at the process level." i.e. the Docker everyone is usually thinking about when they say Docker.

If you are using Ubuntu, and you do an

sudo apt-get install docker

You will get a package described as a "System tray for KDE3/GNOME2 applications"

If on the other hand, you do

sudo apt-get install docker.io

You will get a package described as "Docker complements kernel namespacing with a high level API which operates at the process level." i.e. the Docker everyone is usually thinking about when they say Docker.

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peteshaw
peteshaw
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If you are using Ubuntu, and you do an

sudo apt-get install docker

You will get a package described as a "Sytem tray for KDE3/GNOME2 applications"

If on the other hand, you do

sudo apt-get install docker.io

You will get a package described as "Docker complements kernel namespacing with a high level API which operates at the process level." i.e. the Docker everyone is usually thinking about when they say Docker.