Docker Repository Does Not Have a Release File on Running apt-get update on Ubuntu

Question

On Linux Mint, the official instructions did not work for me. I had to go into /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list and change serena to xenial to reflect my Ubuntu codename. Depending on your Debian variant, version, and the original installation method followed, you may need to modify /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list instead.

You can typically find the appropriate codename by running one of a few different commands. In the following examples, focal is the codename:

$ grep CODENAME /etc/os-release
VERSION_CODENAME=focal
UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal

$ lsb_release -c
Codename:   focal

# NOTE: On Ubuntu 20.04.2, /etc/os-release is symlinked to /usr/lib/os-release and
#       lsb_release reads from /usr/lib/os-release.

For Linux Mint, this problem is actually referenced in the Docker website:

Note: The lsb_release -cs sub-command below returns the name of your Ubuntu distribution, such as xenial. Sometimes, in a distribution like Linux Mint, you might have to change $(lsb_release -cs) to your parent Ubuntu distribution. For example, if you are using Linux Mint Rafaela, you could use trusty.

amd64:

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

The lsb_release -cs command gives a repository for which Docker has no prepared package - you must change it to xenial.

The correct command for Linux Mint 18 which is based on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial is

sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
   xenial \
   stable"

Elliot Beach is correct. Thanks Elliot.

Here is the code from my gist.

sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io

sudo apt-get update

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

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

sudo apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88

sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
xenial \
stable"

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install docker-ce

sudo docker run hello-world

As suggested in official docker document also. Try running this:

• sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

Then remove/comment any (deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/ xenial stable) such entry at the last lines of the file.

Then in terminal run this command:

• sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/ bionic stable"

• sudo apt-get update

It worked in my case.

Linux Mint 20 Ulyana users need to change "ulyana" to "bionic" in

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list

like so:

deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu    bionic    stable

I saw an interesting post from Ikraider here that solved my issue : https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/22599

Website instructions are wrong, here is what works in 16.04:

curl -s https://yum.dockerproject.org/gpg | sudo apt-key add
apt-key fingerprint 58118E89F3A912897C070ADBF76221572C52609D
sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-$(lsb_release -cs) main"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-engine=1.13.0-0~ubuntu-xenial

I was facing similar issue on Linux mint what I did was found out Debian version using,

$ cat /etc/debian_version buster/sid

then replaced Debian version in

$ sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian    buster    stable