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simple installation of docker and docker compose on latest ubuntu 2023

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Docker Installation

Update the repository

sudo apt update

Install some dependencies

sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg-agent software-properties-common

Add gpg key

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Add the repository

sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"

Again update the repositorytory

sudo apt update

Now this command will install the docker

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

Docker-Compose

Simply run this command it will install the latest version of docker-compose as of January 2023. You can replace the version by checking on their release page and replace the current version with the one included in the command.

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.15.1/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Make it executable

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Verify the installation

# for docker run
docker --version

# for docker-compose run
docker-compose --version

Hope You liked this simple tutorial.