Docker installation in Linux Mint (and Ubuntu)

installDockerToLinuxMint.sh

# Install missing packages
# Linux Mint user need that. Ubuntu users have it pre-installed
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y curl cgroup-lite lxc

# Install Docker
curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sudo sh


# Close this terminal and start a new one to make changes take effect
exit

# Test installation with a minimal 5MB Linux Alpine and log in with sh
sudo docker run -i -t alpine sh
# Test installation with Ubuntu and log in with bash
sudo docker run -i -t ubuntu bash

# Docker-compose is a must have tool to orchestrate Docker.
# You install the latest release by checking 
# https://github.com/docker/compose/releases
# if you find permission denied error, try to log as 'su'
# Install 1.7.1 version with
curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.7.1/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

# Install Docker machine
curl -L https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.7.0/docker-machine-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-machine && \
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-machine

Script to install Docker to Linux Mint and Ubuntu