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How to install Docker on Ubuntu 19.04

Dec 13, 2019 · 2 mins read · Post a comment

Following the steps below will let you realize that installing Docker on Ubuntu 19.04 is not that hard as it seems, so let’s see how you can do it.

Prerequisites

  • Ubuntu 19.04
  • sudo privileges

Install Docker

As a first step you need to update the system packages.

sudo apt-get update

If there are some packages installed you can get rid of them with.

sudo apt remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc

You need to import repository GPG key.

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Now we will add the Docker CE repository to Ubuntu.

sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"

To install Docker CE on Ubuntu 19.04, run:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

You can verify the installation with:

sudo docker version

We can also check if the Docker daemon is started with the following command:

sudo systemctl status docker

Output:

 docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2019-12-13 23:27:50 CET; 9min ago
     Docs: https://docs.docker.com
 Main PID: 9941 (dockerd)
    Tasks: 13
   CGroup: /system.slice/docker.service
           └─9941 /usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock

Docker command

If you want to check all available subcommands, run:

sudo docker

Also, if you want to check the system information about Docker, run:

sudo docker info

To check only the space available for the Docker containers on your machine, execute:

sudo docker info | grep "Data Space"

Conclusion

In this tutorial we’ve shown you how to install Docker on Ubuntu 19.04 and if you have some further questions please put a comment in the box below. Feel free to leave a comment below and if you find this tutorial useful, follow our official channel on Telegram.