Install Docker without Docker Desktop on Windows
Install Ubuntu on WSL
wsl --install -d Ubuntu
Install Docker Engine in Ubuntu
Reference https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/
# Install requirements
sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release
# Add Docker’s official GPG key
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
# setup docker repository
echo \
"deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
$(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
# update repositories
sudo apt update
# install Docker engine
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
Use docker
command without sudo
Add current user to docker group
sudo gpasswd -a $USER docker
logout at once and open Ubuntu again.
Launch docker daemon
sudo /etc/init.d/docker start
Test
docker run hello-world