How To Install docker.io on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install docker.io on Debian 10.
What is docker.io
docker.io is:
Docker complements kernel namespacing with a high-level API which operates at the process level. It runs unix processes with strong guarantees of isolation and repeatability across servers.
Docker is a great building block for automating distributed systems: large-scale web deployments, database clusters, continuous deployment systems, private PaaS, service-oriented architectures, etc.
This package contains the daemon and client. Using docker.io on non-amd64 hosts is not supported at this time. Please be careful when using it on anything besides amd64.
Also, note that kernel version 3.8 or above is required for proper operation of the daemon process, and that any lower versions may have subtle and/or glaring issues.
There are three methods to install docker.io on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install docker.io Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install docker.io using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install docker.io
Install docker.io Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install docker.io using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install docker.io
Install docker.io Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install docker.io using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install docker.io
How To Uninstall docker.io on Debian 10
To uninstall only the docker.io package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove docker.io
Uninstall docker.io And Its Dependencies
To uninstall docker.io and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove docker.io
Remove docker.io Configurations and Data
To remove docker.io configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge docker.io
Remove docker.io configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove docker.io configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge docker.io
Dependencies
docker.io have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install docker.io package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
