Install Docker Desktop on Arch-based distributions

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This page contains information on how to install, launch and upgrade Docker Desktop on an Arch-based distribution.

Prerequisites

To install Docker Desktop successfully, you must meet the general system requirements.

Install Docker Desktop

1. Install the Docker client binary on Linux. Static binaries for the Docker client are available for Linux as docker. You can use:

   $ wget https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/x86_64/docker-{{% param "docker_ce_version" %}}.tgz -qO- | tar xvfz - docker/docker --strip-components=1
   $ sudo cp -rp ./docker /usr/local/bin/ && rm -r ./docker
   

2. Download the latest Arch package from the Release notes.

3. Install the package:

   $ sudo pacman -U ./docker-desktop-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
   

   By default, Docker Desktop is installed at /opt/docker-desktop.

Launch Docker Desktop

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Next steps

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• Troubleshooting describes common problems, workarounds, how to run and submit diagnostics, and submit issues.
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• Back up and restore data provides instructions on backing up and restoring data related to Docker.