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Install Docker on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

  • Update and reboot the container with apt update && apt upgrade -y && reboot

Step 1: Install Required Packages 

apt install apt-transport-https curl

Step 2: Add Docker’s Official GPG Key 

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

Step 3: Set Up Docker’s Stable Repository 

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


apt update

Step 4: Install Docker Engine on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 

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

In addition, check its status using the command below to confirm that everything is as expected: 

systemctl is-active docker

Uninstall Docker Engine

Install Docker Engine on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 

apt purge docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin docker-ce-rootless-extras

Then, manually remove the following two directories: 

rm -rf /var/lib/docker
rm -rf /var/lib/containerd

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