How to install the latest Docker .deb package?

Question

On our production Ubuntu servers we are not allowed to make changes to the apt sources lists.

So, using the script located at https://get.docker.com/ubuntu/ is unfortunately not an option for me. Instead I need to download the docker .deb package for ubuntu and install it manually using dpkg.

However the docker installation documentation here: https://docs.docker.com/installation/ubuntulinux/#installing-docker-on-ubuntu does not detail how to get the deb package directly. Any ideas?

Answer 1

I ended up installing docker like so using direct deb package downloads:

#!/bin/bash
docker_version=1.6.2
get_docker=https://get.docker.io/ubuntu/pool/main/l

for package in lxc-docker lxc-docker-$docker_version; do
    deb=${package}_${docker_version}_amd64.deb
    curl -s $get_docker/$package/$deb -o $deb
done

sudo dpkg -i lxc-docker_${docker_version}_amd64.deb lxc-docker-${docker_version}_${docker_version}_amd64.deb

(Thanks to @eldos for pointing me in the right direction)

Answer 2

Latest docker packages (post 1.9) are now avaiable at https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/pool/main/d/docker-engine/

You can download the one that suits your OS & architecture from here and install with 'sudo dpkg -i < package_name >'