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Author: Christopher Berger <chris@wittenberger.us>
Date:   Sat May 30 03:19:12 2026 +0000

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+# This will install Docker Engine and Docker Compose v2 on your Ubuntu VM
+
+## **Run the following command to uninstall all conflicting packages:**
+
+```sudo apt remove $(dpkg --get-selections docker.io docker-compose docker-compose-v2 docker-do```
+
+---
+
+## **Set up Docker's apt repository.**
+
+```
+# Add Docker's official GPG key:
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install ca-certificates curl
+sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+
+# Add the repository to Apt sources:
+sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.sources <<EOF
+Types: deb
+URIs: https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu
+Suites: $(. /etc/os-release && echo "${UBUNTU_CODENAME:-$VERSION_CODENAME}")
+Components: stable
+Architectures: $(dpkg --print-architecture)
+Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+EOF
+
+sudo apt update
+```
+
+---
+
+## **Install the Docker packages.**
+
+```sudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin```
+
+---
+
+### After installation, verify that Docker is running:
+
+```sudo systemctl status docker```
+
+### If Docker is not running, start it manually:
+
+```sudo systemctl start docker```
+
+---
+
+## **Verify that the installation is successful by running the ```hello-world``` image:**
+
+```sudo docker run hello-world```
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