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Added Debian 8 note for adding backports
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moxiegirl 2015-04-17 10:16:53 -07:00
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@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ Docker is supported on the following versions of Debian:
## Debian Jessie 8.0 (64-bit)
Debian 8 comes with a 3.14.0 Linux kernel, and a `docker.io` package which
installs all its prerequisites from Debian's repository.
Debian 8 comes with a 3.16.0 Linux kernel, the `docker.io` package can be found in the `jessie-backports` repository. Reasoning behind this can be found <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2015/03/msg00685.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Instructions how to enable the backports repository can be found <a href="http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/" target="_blank">here</a>.
> **Note**:
> Debian contains a much older KDE3/GNOME2 package called ``docker``, so the
@ -20,6 +19,8 @@ installs all its prerequisites from Debian's repository.
### Installation
Make sure you enabled the `jessie-backports` repository, as stated above.
To install the latest Debian package (may not be the latest Docker release):
$ sudo apt-get update