Docker Client

January 5, 2022

This is how you can install the docker client in WSL2. This is an supporting article for the post Minikube - podman - wsl2 that needs the docker client app as one of the prerequites.

Installation Steps

Download the correct tar file for your Linux system using the link below.

docker static binary archive

Unpack the tar file and copy the docker/docker file to a location in your path, e.g. /usr/local/bin.

tar -xzf docker-20.10.9.tgz
sudo cp docker/docker /usr/local/bin

Try to run the client

$ docker --help

Usage:  docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND

A self-sufficient runtime for containers

Options:
      --config string      Location of client config files (default "/home/peza/.docker")
  -c, --context string     Name of the context to use to connect to the daemon (overrides DOCKER_HOST env var and
                           default context set with "docker context use")
  -D, --debug              Enable debug mode

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