Docker on Ubuntu ================ The easiest way to get docker up and running natively on Ubuntu is installing it from its official PPA:: sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dotcloud/lxc-docker/ubuntu precise main' >>/etc/apt/sources.list" sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install lxc-docker Building docker package ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The building process is shared by both, developers and maintainers. If you are a developer, the Makefile will stop with exit status 2 right before signing the built packages. Assuming you are working on an Ubuntu 12.04 TLS system :: # Download a fresh copy of the docker project git clone https://github.com/dotcloud/docker.git cd docker # Get building dependencies sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install -y debhelper autotools-dev devscripts golang # Make the ubuntu package (cd packaging/ubuntu; make ubuntu) Install docker built package ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :: sudo dpkg -i lxc-docker_*_amd64.deb; sudo apt-get install -f -y