How to Install Docker on Arch Linux<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n How to use docker on Arch Linux<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n How to Remove Docker from Arch Linux<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Conclusion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Docker, as mentioned above, is a tool which serves the purpose of running container applications on Arch Linux, it is primarily used for testing, developing and deploying new applications. The process of installation of any package or software on Arch Linux varies but most of the applications can be installed through its default package manager. Docker on Arch Linux can be installed through various ways which will be discussed in this guide:<\/p>\n One of the easy and straight forward ways to install Docker on Arch Linux is by using its default package manager and for that execute:<\/p>\n Once the installation is complete, first start the docker service then enable it and after that check its status by executing the following:<\/p>\n Now create a symbolic link for docker between the \/usr\/bin\/docker<\/em> executable and \/usr\/local\/bin\/docker<\/em>. This allows you to run the docker command from anywhere in your terminal, without having to specify the full path to the executable:<\/p>\n As in the image above, you can see that there is an error of permission which means that docker can only run in root condition. To run docker in normal user mode, we have to add the user to the docker group by executing:<\/p>\n Here, replace the enter-your-user-name<\/em> with your account name or the name of user you wish to use docker image.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t forget to re-login to apply changes. So, when we access docker info with a normal user we will get results like this:<\/p>\n Like default package manager there are some third-party package managers as well which can be used to install applications and the significance for using third party package manager is that they have most recent version of the application sometimes. To install Docker through snap package manager you need to execute the following command:<\/p>\n Now after installation, if you see a message for a warning then see that warning by executing the snap warnings<\/em> command, and if the warning is about snap app armor, then restart the app armor service. Now perform a system reboot to apply the changes and after that confirm the installation by checking the docker version:<\/p>\n If in any case the version command is not executing, try enabling the docker using snap by executing:<\/p>\n The snap package manager is not installed by default on Arch Linux so to install it on Arch Linux clone its git repository and install the make package:<\/p>\n Now enable the snap socket service and create a symbolic link so that it can be accessed from the home directory as well:<\/p>\n Now after installation of any application you may encounter an error message of seeding error then enable the app armor service and for that execute:<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Arch User Repository is a community driven repo that uses helpers like yay, pacmac to install applications on Arch Linux. If you are looking for a newer version of Docker as compared to the previous methods, then used this method to install docker of Arch Linux and for that execute:<\/p>\n Now perform a system reboot to apply the changes and after that confirm the installation by checking the docker version:<\/p>\n Here you can see that using the AUR helper a relatively newer version of docker can be installed as compared to other methods. Just like other third party package managers yay is also not pre-installed on Arch so execute the below commands one by one to install yay:<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Docker is a utility that serves the purpose of running any application in a loosely isolated environment and that environment is usually named container. Here applications file is named as images which are first downloaded and then executed or built so here are some basic commands that you need to get familiar with for some basic tasks:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n To run any application, you first have to download it and for that you need to use the pull <\/em>command with the syntax given below:<\/p>\n Here for illustration, I have downloaded image for Ubuntu:<\/p>\n Most of the time the applications have different names, version and creators so it\u2019s better to search the image with name to have a list of all the relevant images and for that use the below syntax:<\/p>\n Here I have searched for Debian and the output have names description status of the images related to Debian:<\/p>\n By listing the images, you will get the two types of information one is the list of images and the second one is the information about each downloaded image so to list all the images execute:<\/p>\n To run any application of Docker there are two ways one is by downloading the image from its registry and the other way is by creating its docker file and then building it. So, to run an image downloaded from docker registry simply execute:<\/p>\n To manage all the containers in Docker it is necessary to have information about all the running and stopped processes which can really help in resource allocation of the system. To list only the running processes, execute:<\/p>\n If you want to get the list for all the processes either running or stopped then execute the below command and further, you can manage them by using their container IDs:<\/p>\n To completely terminate any running process just list the currently running processes note their respective container IDs and then use the kill<\/em> command by flowing the below syntax:<\/p>\n If you want to stop any process for the time being, then use the stop<\/em> command following the below syntax:<\/p>\n Keep in mind that to start any process using the start<\/em> command is only possible if the respective application is halted or stopped not terminated.<\/p>\n Now to remove any application image simply use the rm<\/em> command along with its container ID:<\/p>\n If you want to have a detailed information about all the commands along with their purposes for Docker, then consult its help by executing:<\/p>\n\n
<\/a>How to Install Docker on Arch Linux <\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a>Method 1: Through Pacman <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n<<\/span>strong><\/span>makepkg -si<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a>How To Use Docker on Arch Linux<\/strong><\/h2>\n
1: Downloading an Image<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/strong><\/p>\n4: Running an Image<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/strong><\/p>\n5: Listing Docker Processes <\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/strong><\/p>\n6: Managing Docker Processes and Images<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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