| :title: Installation from Binaries |
| :description: This instruction set is meant for hackers who want to try out Docker on a variety of environments. |
| :keywords: binaries, installation, docker, documentation, linux |
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| .. _binaries: |
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| Binaries |
| ======== |
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| **Please note this project is currently under heavy development. It should not be used in production.** |
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| **This instruction set is meant for hackers who want to try out Docker on a variety of environments.** |
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| Right now, the officially supported distributions are: |
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| - :ref:`ubuntu_precise` |
| - :ref:`ubuntu_raring` |
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| But we know people have had success running it under |
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| - Debian |
| - Suse |
| - :ref:`arch_linux` |
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| Dependencies: |
| ------------- |
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| * 3.8 Kernel (read more about :ref:`kernel`) |
| * AUFS filesystem support |
| * lxc |
| * xz-utils |
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| Get the docker binary: |
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| .. code-block:: bash |
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| wget http://get.docker.io/builds/Linux/x86_64/docker-latest.tgz |
| tar -xf docker-latest.tgz |
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| Run the docker daemon |
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| .. code-block:: bash |
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| # start the docker in daemon mode from the directory you unpacked |
| sudo ./docker -d & |
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| Run your first container! |
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| .. code-block:: bash |
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| # check your docker version |
| ./docker version |
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| # run a container and open an interactive shell in the container |
| ./docker run -i -t ubuntu /bin/bash |
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| Continue with the :ref:`hello_world` example. |
