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Install Docker on Mac M1 without Docker Desktop

Sergej Brazdeikis on January 29, 2022

Docker Desktop is the default way to get docker on your machine, and when you search, it suggests installing it. To find the documentation to do it...
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ribonred •

hi thanks for the tutorial, want to add..
i've installed like your tutorial in monterey and end up with docker daemon not running. so its solved by

brew install --cask docker

thanks.. hope it help other

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Libert S •

By doing that you are installing Docker Desktop which defeats the purpose of this post

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Jason •

Not sure how you got docker to work, here. My understanding is that nerdctl replaces docker. Here's a good walk-through: youtu.be/evWPib0iNgY

( when I tried your command, above, before I had an idea what was going on, I got an error that the application already existed:

% brew install --cask docker
Running `brew update --preinstall`...
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 3 taps (homebrew/core, homebrew/cask and caskroom/cask).
==> Updated Formulae
Updated 2 formulae.
==> Updated Casks
Updated 2 casks.

==> Downloading https://desktop.docker.com/mac/main/arm64/74594/Docker.dmg
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Installing Cask docker
==> Purging files for version 4.5.0,74594 of Cask docker
Error: It seems there is already an App at '/Applications/Docker.app'.
jnorment@Rearc-MBP rancher-docker % brew uninstall --cask docker
Error: Cask 'docker' is not installed.
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Sergej Brazdeikis •

Ranched Desktop gives a choise to use nerdctl, docker etc. All good!

With the link to video you shared - you can completely go away from docker cli, and for me it is not an option atm.

Thanks for bringing it up!

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onelittlecabbage •

I've moved to Rancher Desktop. Thanks for the recommendations!

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ML • • Edited

Running on M1 Mac ( Monterey 12.6.3 (21G419) ) with the following Steps:

1 Add docker cask (Note: If you get Error: It seems there is already a Binary at '/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_docker' this means that the previously installed docker cli tools needs removing --> use brew remove docker docker-compose)
2 Add docker CLI tools
3 Reboot
4 Start Docker Desktop app
5 Able to use the CLI tools (Docker Desktop must be running)

brew install --cask docker
brew install docker docker-compose
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Test to see if it worked --> Yes !!!

% docker pull nginx:latest
latest: Pulling from library/nginx
5731adb3a4ab: Pull complete 
8785c8f663d3: Pull complete 
023b6bd393e4: Pull complete 
fd8f86b165b0: Pull complete 
8f41e7c12976: Pull complete 
3b5338ea7d08: Pull complete 
Digest: sha256:6650513efd1d27c1f8a5351cbd33edf85cc7e0d9d0fcb4ffb23d8fa89b601ba8
Status: Downloaded newer image for nginx:latest
docker.io/library/nginx:latest
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Sergej Brazdeikis • • Edited

This way you install Docker Desktop app which defeats the purpose of this article - to avoid Desktop app, since it became not completely free. See the beginning of the article.

P.S. Thanks for sharing the other way anyway. I’m sure it will help somebody in the future

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Sergej Brazdeikis •

TIl that you cab run Mac CPU on Ec2. Wow

@mugane you need to start the Desktop app via shell than? Since it is replacement for Docker Desktop app. And these apps are UI apps, oriented for UI usage. I’m not sure if you will run into another issues after launching it.

 
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Igor Nosovsky •

Have you solve the issue?