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Docker

Docker is required for containerized deployments and running many development environments.

Install Docker on Debian

Docker can be installed using Debian's standard packages.

Install Docker (Debian standard packages)
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install docker.io docker-cli

Add Docker to ToolingBins

Docker is installed system-wide, so no symlink is needed. You can add a symlink for convenience:

Symlink docker
cd ~/ToolingBins
ln -s /usr/bin/docker docker

Update Docker

To update Docker, run:

Update Docker (Debian standard packages)
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade docker.io docker-cli

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