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HOW TO INSTALL DOCKER ON LINUX

Install Docker on Linux (Ubuntu)

To install Docker run the command:

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

Check version if working correctly:

docker --version

Note, Docker will also install Docker Compose, but incase its missing you can execute the following code:

sudo apt install docker-compose-plugin

UNINSTALL

If you need to uninstall Docker Completely, find installed docker modules

dpkg -l | grep -i docker

Then uninstall all (Example)

sudo apt-get purge -y docker-engine docker docker.io docker-ce docker-ce-cli docker-compose-plugin docker-buildx-plugin docker-ce-rootless-extras docker-scan-plugin
sudo apt-get autoremove -y --purge docker-engine docker docker.io docker-ce docker-compose-plugin docker-buildx-plugin docker-ce-rootless-extras docker-scan-plugin

Thereafter, remove docker folders, files, and group

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker /etc/docker
sudo rm /etc/apparmor.d/docker
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo rm /etc/docker
sudo groupdel docker
sudo rm -rf /var/run/docker.sock
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