From bb25f54a9953ce4d87cddad880befb016aa276d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Estes Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:57:23 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update Ubuntu install instructions regarding dated Ubuntu docker.io Docker-DCO-1.1-Signed-off-by: Phil Estes (github: estesp) --- docs/sources/installation/ubuntulinux.md | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/ubuntulinux.md b/docs/sources/installation/ubuntulinux.md index 09b776f08d..d4df599d04 100644 --- a/docs/sources/installation/ubuntulinux.md +++ b/docs/sources/installation/ubuntulinux.md @@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ Please read [*Docker and UFW*](#docker-and-ufw), if you plan to use [UFW ## Ubuntu Trusty 14.04 (LTS) (64-bit) Ubuntu Trusty comes with a 3.13.0 Linux kernel, and a `docker.io` package which -installs Docker 0.9.1 and all its prerequisites from Ubuntu's repository. +installs Docker 1.0.1 and all its prerequisites from Ubuntu's repository. > **Note**: > Ubuntu (and Debian) contain a much older KDE3/GNOME2 package called ``docker``, so the -> package and the executable are called ``docker.io``. +> Ubuntu-maintained package and executable are named ``docker.io``. -### Installation +### Ubuntu-maintained Package Installation -To install the latest Ubuntu package (may not be the latest Docker release): +To install the latest Ubuntu package (this is **not** the most recent Docker release): $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install docker.io @@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ Then, to enable tab-completion of Docker commands in BASH, either restart BASH o $ source /etc/bash_completion.d/docker.io +> **Note**: +> Since the Ubuntu package is quite dated at this point, you may want to use +> the following section to install the most recent release of Docker. +> If you install the Docker version, you do not need to install ``docker.io`` from Ubuntu. + +### Docker-maintained Package Installation + If you'd like to try the latest version of Docker: First, check that your APT system can deal with `https`