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If possible, your package should be called "docker". If that name is already taken, a second
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choice is "lxc-docker".
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+## Official build vs distro build
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+The Docker project maintains its own build and release toolchain. It is pretty neat and entirely
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+based on Docker (surprise!). This toolchain is the canonical way to build Docker, and the only
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+method supported by the development team. We encourage you to give it a try, and if the circumstances
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+allow you to use it, we recommend that you do.
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+You might not be able to use the official build toolchain - usually because your distribution has a
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+toolchain and packaging policy of its own. We get it! Your house, your rules. The rest of this document
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+should give you the information you need to package Docker your way, without denaturing it in
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+the process.
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## System build dependencies
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To build docker, you will need the following system dependencies
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Solomon Hykes