How to configure Docker Desktop on Deepin Linux OS 20.9

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Docker

Docker is a platform for developing, shipping, and running applications in containers.

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Docker Desktop

Docker Desktop is a desktop application that provides an integrated development environment for Docker.

It allows developers to create, run, and manage Docker containers on their local machines with ease.

Two important characteristics are:

Docker Engine: Docker Desktop includes the Docker Engine, which is the core component of Docker, allowing you to create and run containers on your local system.

Container Management: It provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing containers and images, making it easier to build, run, and monitor containerized applications.

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Let's get down to business

shall we?

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Check your OS (optional)

This step is just to make sure you have Deepin Linux installed.

lsb_release -a
hostnamectl
cat /etc/os-release
uname -a

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Update packages info

sudo apt-get update

Running sudo apt-get update is an important step before installing or upgrading packages on your system because it ensures that you have the most up-to-date information about available packages.

Without updating the package index, you might not see the latest versions of software or be able to install new packages that have been added to the repositories since the last update.

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Install Docker

Follow the steps here or through the following link: https://blog.alexandrecalaca.com/how-to-set-up-docker-on-deepin-linux-os-209-via-the-terminal-emulator

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Go to the main Docker page

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/debian/

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Download the .deb package file

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See Docker-desktop .deb file

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Install Docker-desktop

Double-click on the file.

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Confirm installation

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Check installation

docker compose version
docker --version
docker version

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Launch Docker desktop

systemctl --user start docker-desktop

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Check installation

docker --version
which docker
docker --help

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Check status

sudo systemctl status docker

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1. The command used to manage and control system services on Linux systems that use systemd as their init system is systemctl.

   systemd is a system and service manager commonly used in modern Linux distributions.

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Configure Docker hello-world

sudo docker pull hello-world

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Run Docker hello-world

sudo docker run hello-world

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Done

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