Install Docker

Visit https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-mac/

Click on Get Docker

Open the installed file

Drag and drop Docker into Applications

Now open Docker

Give it the needed permissions (if applicable)

Now you should see the home of Docker app

Figure 1. Docker home

You can check the status of Docker on the left-bottom corner. (if its green then Docker is running)

Now lets run the Docker getting-started example

Copy the command on the home page of the Docker app

docker run -d -p 80:80 docker/getting-started

Run it in the terminal

This command will pull the Docker image and will run it

Figure 2. Running Docker getting-started

Note how we have the image added to the Docker app home, with some useful actions

Figure 3. Docker actions

Update the list of available packages then install the newer versions of the packages

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

Uninstall older version of Docker

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

Install the newest version

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

To verify that docker is installed

docker --version

sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker