# Manual installation of Docker on Debian/Ubuntu

DevFeed: [Manual installation of Docker on Debian/Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/manual-installation-of-docker-on-debian-ubuntu-27644.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2016/02/manual-installation-of-docker-on-debian-ubuntu/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2016-02-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Debian](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debian.md>), [Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ubuntu.md>)

Tags: [debian](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debian.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [installation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/installation.md>), [ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial describing manual Docker installation on Debian and Ubuntu. It covers prerequisites, removing old packages, adding the GPG key and repository, refreshing repositories, installing Docker, starting the service, and granting non-root users access to the Docker service.

## Source excerpt

I've played with Docker a little in it early days but didn't stick for longer with it. It's stable now so I wanted to check how it's running now. I really can't accept this method of installation: curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh I think that world is going to it's end when I see such scritps... I prefer to do this manually, knowing exactly what I have to do. Install prerequisites: