page_title: Installation on Arch Linux page_description: Installation instructions for Docker on ArchLinux. page_keywords: arch linux, virtualization, docker, documentation, installation # Arch Linux Installing on Arch Linux can be handled via the package in community: - [docker](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/docker/) or the following AUR package: - [docker-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/docker-git/) The docker package will install the latest tagged version of docker. The docker-git package will build from the current master branch. ## Dependencies Docker depends on several packages which are specified as dependencies in the packages. The core dependencies are: - bridge-utils - device-mapper - iproute2 - lxc - sqlite ## Installation For the normal package a simple pacman -S docker is all that is needed. For the AUR package execute: yaourt -S docker-git The instructions here assume **yaourt** is installed. See [Arch User Repository](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages) for information on building and installing packages from the AUR if you have not done so before. ## Starting Docker There is a systemd service unit created for docker. To start the docker service: $ sudo systemctl start docker To start on system boot: $ sudo systemctl enable docker ## Custom daemon options If you need to add an HTTP Proxy, set a different directory or partition for the Docker runtime files, or make other customizations, read our systemd article to learn how to [customize your systemd Docker daemon options](/articles/systemd/).