How to Install docker.io software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install docker.io software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

docker.io software package provides Linux container runtime, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install docker.io 

docker.io is installed in your system.

Make ensure the docker.io package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep docker.io *

You will get with docker.io package name, version, architecture and description in a table

docker.io package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Administration Utilities
Package docker.io
Version 0.9.1~dfsg1-2
Description Linux container runtime
Sub Section Admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove docker.io software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?