From f67ae93112c59e0eb7d2969a5de859f8c28fe47b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Visosky Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:27:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update ubuntu.md (#11299) * Update ubuntu.md After doing the 'apt-get rmove', I had to search to determine whether it was safe to remove /var/lib/docker, then found at the bottom of the page that it's OK to do so (if you don't have anything there you need). Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn Co-authored-by: Usha Mandya <47779042+usha-mandya@users.noreply.github.com> --- engine/install/ubuntu.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/engine/install/ubuntu.md b/engine/install/ubuntu.md index c80994cea0..aed24ca5b8 100644 --- a/engine/install/ubuntu.md +++ b/engine/install/ubuntu.md @@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ $ sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc It's OK if `apt-get` reports that none of these packages are installed. The contents of `/var/lib/docker/`, including images, containers, volumes, and -networks, are preserved. The Docker Engine package is now called `docker-ce`. +networks, are preserved. If you do not need to save your existing data, and want to +start with a clean installation, refer to the [uninstall Docker Engine](#uninstall-docker-engine) +section at the bottom of this page. ### Supported storage drivers