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To get started with Docker Engine on Debian, make sure you meet the prerequisites, and then follow the installation steps.

Prerequisites

OS requirements

To install Docker Engine, you need the 64-bit version of one of these Debian or Raspbian versions:

• Debian Bookworm 12 (testing)
• Debian Bullseye 11 (stable)
• Debian Buster 10 (oldstable)
• Raspbian Bookworm 12 (testing)
• Raspbian Bullseye 11 (stable)
• Raspbian Buster 10 (oldstable)

Docker Engine is compatible with x86_64 (or amd64), armhf, and arm64 architectures.

Uninstall old versions

Older versions of Docker went by the names of docker, docker.io, or docker-engine. Uninstall any such older versions before attempting to install a new version:

$ 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.

Images, containers, volumes, and networks stored in /var/lib/docker/ aren't automatically removed when you uninstall Docker. If you want to start with a clean installation, and prefer to clean up any existing data, refer to the uninstall Docker Engine section.

Installation methods

You can install Docker Engine in different ways, depending on your needs:

• Docker Engine comes bundled with Docker Desktop for Linux. This is the easiest and quickest way to get started.

• You can also set up and install Docker Engine from Docker's apt repository.

• Install it manually and manage upgrades manually.

• Using a convenience scripts. Only recommended for testing and development environments. This is the only approach available for Raspbian.

Install using the repository

Before you install Docker Engine for the first time on a new host machine, you need to set up the Docker repository. Afterward, you can install and update Docker from the repository.

Raspbian users can't use this method.

For Raspbian, installing using the repository isn't yet supported. You must instead use the convenience script.

Set up the repository

{% assign download-url-base = "https://download.docker.com/linux/debian" %}

1. Update the apt package index and install packages to allow apt to use a repository over HTTPS:

   $ sudo apt-get update
   
   $ sudo apt-get install \
       ca-certificates \
       curl \
       gnupg
   

2. Add Docker's official GPG key:

   $ sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
   $ curl -fsSL {{ download-url-base }}/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
   $ sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
   

3. Use the following command to set up the repository:

   $ echo \
     "deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] {{ download-url-base }} \
     "$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
     sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
   

Install Docker Engine

This procedure works for Debian on x86_64 / amd64, armhf, arm64, and Raspbian.

1. Update the apt package index:

   $ sudo apt-get update
   

2. Install Docker Engine, containerd, and Docker Compose.

   • Latest
   • Specific version
   
   

   To install the latest version, run:

    $ sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
   

   To install a specific version of Docker Engine, start by list the available versions in the repository:

   # List the available versions:
   $ apt-cache madison docker-ce | awk '{ print $3 }'
   
   5:23.0.5-1~debian.11~bullseye
   5:23.0.4-1~debian.11~bullseye
   <...>
   

   Select the desired version and install:

   $ VERSION_STRING=5:23.0.5-1~debian.11~bullseye
   $ sudo apt-get install docker-ce=$VERSION_STRING docker-ce-cli=$VERSION_STRING containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
   

   ---

3. Verify that the Docker Engine installation is successful by running the hello-world image:

   $ sudo docker run hello-world
   

   This command downloads a test image and runs it in a container. When the container runs, it prints a confirmation message and exits.

You have now successfully installed and started Docker Engine.

{% include root-errors.md %}

Upgrade Docker Engine

To upgrade Docker Engine, follow the installation instructions, choosing the new version you want to install.

Install from a package

If you can't use Docker's apt repository to install Docker Engine, you can download the deb file for your release and install it manually. You need to download a new file each time you want to upgrade Docker Engine.

1. Go to [{{ download-url-base }}/dists/]({{ download-url-base }}/dists/){: target="blank" rel="noopener" class="" }.

2. Select your Debian version in the list.

3. Go to pool/stable/ and select the applicable architecture (amd64, armhf, arm64, or s390x).

4. Download the following deb files for the Docker Engine, CLI, containerd, and Docker Compose packages:

   • containerd.io_<version>_<arch>.deb
   • docker-ce_<version>_<arch>.deb
   • docker-ce-cli_<version>_<arch>.deb
   • docker-buildx-plugin_<version>_<arch>.deb
   • docker-compose-plugin_<version>_<arch>.deb

5. Install the .deb packages. Update the paths in the following example to where you downloaded the Docker packages.

   $ sudo dpkg -i ./containerd.io_<version>_<arch>.deb \
     ./docker-ce_<version>_<arch>.deb \
     ./docker-ce-cli_<version>_<arch>.deb \
     ./docker-buildx-plugin_<version>_<arch>.deb \
     ./docker-compose-plugin_<version>_<arch>.deb
   

   The Docker daemon starts automatically.

6. Verify that the Docker Engine installation is successful by running the hello-world image:

   $ sudo service docker start
   $ sudo docker run hello-world
   

   This command downloads a test image and runs it in a container. When the container runs, it prints a confirmation message and exits.

You have now successfully installed and started Docker Engine.

{% include root-errors.md %}

Upgrade Docker Engine

To upgrade Docker Engine, download the newer package file and repeat the installation procedure, pointing to the new file.

{% include install-script.md %}

Uninstall Docker Engine

1. Uninstall the Docker Engine, CLI, containerd, and Docker Compose packages:

   $ sudo apt-get purge docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin docker-ce-rootless-extras
   

2. Images, containers, volumes, or custom configuration files on your host aren't automatically removed. To delete all images, containers, and volumes:

   $ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker
   $ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/containerd
   

You must delete any edited configuration files manually.

Next steps

• Continue to Post-installation steps for Linux.
• Review the topics in Develop with Docker to learn how to build new applications using Docker.