Docker Desktop did not start after installation

Docker Desktop for Linux
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Here’s a corrected version of your forum post:

Issue:
Running systemctl --user start docker-desktop produces no output and doesn’t launch Docker Desktop.

Context:
I’m trying to install Docker using the instructions provided here: Docker Installation Guide for Ubuntu. However, the systemctl command doesn’t yield any result. Here are the outputs when I check the installation:

~$ docker compose version
    Docker Compose version v2.28.1-desktop.1
~$ docker --version
    Docker version 27.1.1, build 6312585
~$ docker version
    Client: Docker Engine - Community
     Version:           27.1.1
     API version:       1.46
     Go version:        go1.21.12
     Git commit:        6312585
     Built:             Tue Jul 23 19:57:14 2024
     OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
     Context:           desktop-linux
    Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///home/<user>/.docker/desktop/docker.sock. Is the Docker daemon running?

After running systemctl --user status docker-desktop, this is the output:

○ docker-desktop.service - Docker Desktop
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/docker-desktop.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)

Aug 12 09:39:48 localhost.localdomain com.docker.backend[11098]: [12:39:48.544473607Z][main.tasks            ] all 1 tasks shutdown
Aug 12 09:39:48 localhost.localdomain com.docker.backend[11098]: [12:39:48.775341693Z][main.ipc              ] shutting down dea977eb-ErrorReportAPI for component report on /home/sergio/.docker/desktop/error.reporter.sock on context done
Aug 12 09:39:48 localhost.localdomain com.docker.backend[11098]: [12:39:48.775402226Z][main.report           ] context done, closing error server
Aug 12 09:39:48 localhost.localdomain com.docker.backend[11098]: [12:39:48.775561223Z][main.report           ][W] removing error server socket: remove /home/sergio/.docker/desktop/error.reporter.sock: no such file or directory
Aug 12 09:39:48 localhost.localdomain com.docker.backend[11098]: [12:39:48.816455475Z][main                  ] shutting down analytics client
Aug 12 09:39:48 localhost.localdomain com.docker.backend[11098]: [12:39:48.816564949Z][main.segment          ] exit requested – draining messages
Aug 12 09:39:48 localhost.localdomain com.docker.backend[11098]: [12:39:48.816611025Z][main.segment          ] flushing 2 messages
Aug 12 09:39:48 localhost.localdomain com.docker.backend[11098]: [12:39:48.816641703Z][main.segment          ] exit
Aug 12 09:39:49 localhost.localdomain com.docker.backend[11098]: [12:39:49.051718794Z][main.segment          ] response 200 OK
Aug 12 09:39:49 localhost.localdomain systemd[2062]: docker-desktop.service: Consumed 1.237s CPU time.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Let me know if you need any further adjustments!

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I never started Docker Deskop on Linux (I barely use it on Linux anyway) fro command line. The systemctl command can start a daemon, but have you tried to start Docker Desktop from the menu on the GUI?

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Thanks for the reply. Now what I’ve done was clean up desktop installation, and go for the engine installation. The problem is that now only starts the service as root, even after following the steps to run docker commands without being root

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Solved. Installing only engine version. And started the service as sudo. After running the commands to run without sudo all worked.