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Instructions for installing Docker Desktop on Ubuntu

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Install Docker Desktop on Ubuntu

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This page contains information on how to install, launch and upgrade Docker Desktop on an Ubuntu distribution.

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Prerequisites

To install Docker Desktop successfully, you must:

Meet the system requirements
Have a 64-bit version of either Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish 22.04 (LTS) or Ubuntu Impish Indri 21.10. Docker Desktop is supported on x86_64 (or amd64) architecture.
For non-Gnome Desktop environments, gnome-terminal must be installed:
```
$ sudo apt install gnome-terminal
```
Uninstall the tech preview or beta version of Docker Desktop for Linux. Run:
```
$ sudo apt remove docker-desktop
```
For a complete cleanup, remove configuration and data files at $HOME/.docker/desktop, the symlink at /usr/local/bin/com.docker.cli, and purge the remaining systemd service files.
```
$ rm -r $HOME/.docker/desktop
$ sudo rm /usr/local/bin/com.docker.cli
$ sudo apt purge docker-desktop
```
Note

If you have installed the Docker Desktop for Linux tech preview or beta version, you need to remove all files that were generated by those packages (e.g., ~/.config/systemd/user/docker-desktop.service, ~/.local/share/systemd/user/docker-desktop.service).

Install Docker Desktop

Recommended approach to install Docker Desktop on Ubuntu:

Set up Docker's package repository.
Download latest DEB package.

Install the package with apt as follows:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ./docker-desktop-<version>-<arch>.deb

Note

At the end of the installation process, apt displays an error due to installing a downloaded package. You can ignore this error message.
N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root, as file '/home/user/Downloads/docker-desktop.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

There are a few post-install configuration steps done through the post-install script contained in the deb package.

The post-install script:

Sets the capability on the Docker Desktop binary to map privileged ports and set resource limits.
Adds a DNS name for Kubernetes to /etc/hosts.
Creates a link from /usr/bin/docker to /usr/local/bin/com.docker.cli.

Launch Docker Desktop

{% include desktop-linux-launch.md %}

Upgrade Docker Desktop

Once a new version for Docker Desktop is released, the Docker UI shows a notification. You need to download the new package each time you want to upgrade Docker Desktop and run:

$ sudo apt-get install ./docker-desktop-<version>-<arch>.deb

Next steps

Take a look at the Get started training modules to learn how to build an image and run it as a containerized application.
Review the topics in Develop with Docker to learn how to build new applications using Docker.

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