Mac OS X
First, install Docker Toolbox.
Then, in a terminal run:
$ docker-machine create -d virtualbox --virtualbox-memory 2048 dev # Create & Start a VM using VirtualBox
$ eval "$(docker-machine env dev)" # Setup shell
Linux
- Use the official installation shell script:
curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh
- To see what the script does, view https://get.docker.com/
- Most distros have a much-too-old version of Docker in their package repositories - using this script should give us the latest
Confirming Successful Installation
To confirm Docker is working properly run docker info
.