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Setup procedure from source: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/debian/
This installation process DO NO use the standard Debian repositories.
From Debian 11 it seems the standard repositories include Docker (docker.io) and docker-compose. However, the official versions are several versions behind Docker official releases. Since Docker is still a fast evolving tool, it is meaningful to get more up to date versions…
$ sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install \
apt-transport-https \
ca-certificates \
curl \
gnupg-agent \
software-properties-common
$ curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88
$ sudo add-apt-repository \
“deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian \
$(lsb_release -cs) \
stable”
THIS IS DANGEROUS
update the docker line in /etc/apt/sources.list
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
$ sudo docker run hello-world
$ sudo systemctl enable docker
$ docker –version
Latest version here: https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest
$ sudo apt-get install docker-compose