From dd96b6fccbe539f78c6957bacbbfaa3f048fdea1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Solomon Hykes Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:33:58 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Updated install instructions and requirements --- README.md | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0764c60d6a..42fd479b70 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -138,14 +138,16 @@ Standard Container Specification Setup instructions ================== -Supported hosts ---------------- +Requirements +------------ -Right now, the officially supported hosts are: +Right now, the officially supported distributions are: + +* Ubuntu 12.04 (precise LTS) * Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) -Hosts that might work with slight kernel modifications, but are not officially supported: -* Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) +Docker probably works on other distributions featuring a recent kernel, the AUFS patch, and up-to-date lxc. However this has not been tested. + Step by step host setup ----------------------- @@ -156,11 +158,11 @@ Step by step host setup apt-get update apt-get install lxc wget - debootstrap --arch=amd64 quantal /var/lib/docker/images/ubuntu/ -4. Download the latest version of the [docker binaries](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20637798/docker.tar.gz) (`wget https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20637798/docker.tar.gz`) +4. Download the latest version of the [docker binaries](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20637798/docker.tar.gz) (`wget https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20637798/docker.tar.gz`) (warning: this may not be the most up-to-date build) 5. Extract the contents of the tar file `tar -xf docker.tar.gz` 6. Launch the docker daemon `./dockerd` +7. Download a base image by running 'docker pull -j base' Client installation