How To Install podman-docker on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install podman-docker on CentOS 7. podman-docker is Emulate Docker CLI using podman

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install podman-docker on CentOS 7.

What is podman-docker

This package installs a script named docker that emulates the Docker CLI by executes podman commands, it also creates links between all Docker CLI man pages and podman.

We can use yum or dnf to install podman-docker on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install podman-docker.

Install podman-docker on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install podman-docker using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install podman-docker

Install podman-docker on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install podman-docker using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install podman-docker

How To Uninstall podman-docker on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the podman-docker package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove podman-docker

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install podman-docker on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.