One-click installation of Docker and Docker Compose on Linux

May 8, 2025#docker #docker-compose7

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### Docker Installation Guide #### One-Click Script To install Docker on your VPS, run the following commands: ```bash curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh sudo sh get-docker.sh ``` (Note: If you're logged in as root, you can omit `sudo`.) This script is maintained by Docker and supports common Linux distributions like CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora. #### Official Manual Installation Guides - [CentOS](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/centos/) - [Debian](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/debian/) - [Fedora](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/fedora/) - [Ubuntu](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/) #### Docker Compose Installation Docker now includes Compose by default. After installing Docker, you can verify it with: ```bash docker compose version ``` **As a Plugin Installation:** - **Ubuntu and Debian:** ```bash sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install docker-compose-plugin ``` - **CentOS:** ```bash sudo yum update sudo yum install docker-compose-plugin ``` Verify installation with: ```bash docker compose version ``` **Official Documentation Links:** - For standalone installation and more details, refer to the official documentation. #### Installation in China **One-Click Installation Scripts:** - **CDN (Recommended):** ```bash bash <(curl -sSL https://linuxmirrors.cn/docker.sh) ``` - **Gitee:** ```bash bash <(curl -sSL https://gitee.com/SuperManito/LinuxMirrors/raw/main/DockerInstallation.sh) ``` For further information, visit the official documentation at [linuxmirrors.cn](https://linuxmirrors.cn/other/).

Docker Installation Script Usage Tutorial#

One-Click Script#

After connecting to the VPS, simply run the script to install Docker:

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sudo sh get-docker.sh

Some systems may not have the sudo command (if the user you are currently logged in as is root, you can remove sudo from the beginning of the command)
This one-click script is published and maintained by Docker official, supporting common Linux distributions such as CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, etc.

Official Manual Installation Tutorial#

CentOS: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/centos/
Debian: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/debian/
Fedora: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/fedora/
Ubuntu: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/

Docker Compose Installation Tutorial#

The latest version of Docker now comes with Compose included. After installing Docker, you can execute docker compose version to verify.

Install as a Plugin#

Ubuntu and Debian

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-compose-plugin

CentOS

sudo yum update
sudo yum install docker-compose-plugin

Successful Installation Verification#

docker compose version

Official Documentation Link

Standalone Installation#

Official Documentation Link

The docker compose command installed as a plugin does not have a -
The docker-compose command installed standalone does have a -

Installation in China#

One-Click Installation Script#

CDN (Recommended)

bash <(curl -sSL https://linuxmirrors.cn/docker.sh)

Gitee#

bash <(curl -sSL https://gitee.com/SuperManito/LinuxMirrors/raw/main/DockerInstallation.sh)

Official Documentation
https://linuxmirrors.cn/other/