Docker Installation on Ubuntu using Package Manager

Hello,

Why does Docker not have DEB packages for the Ubuntu distributions? As a regular Ubuntu user I’m used to doing a “sudo apt-add-repository ppa:(repository)” command followed by a “sudo apt-key adv …” using the Ubuntu keyserver.

I don’t like the idea of having to run a bash script I downloaded off the internet with root privileges.

Are there any plans to keep the PPA docker.io up to date or create a new one for docker-engine that can be added as part of Ubuntu’s packages?

Thanks!

Hi,

There is already a Docker Inc maintained yum and apt repository and you can find it here. http://yum.dockerproject.org and http://apt.dockerproject.org

The script you are running is actually adding this repository and installing.

Regards

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