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My Macbook Pro is running Monterey 12.3.
How can I verify if Docker is installed on my machine? Can this be done using the command line/terminal?
Thanks in advance for the help!
You can always just execute the docker
command in your terminal.
If docker is installed on your machine, it should output all of its commands:
Usage: docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND
A self-sufficient runtime for containers
Options:
--config string Location of client config files (default "/Users/nickmajor/.docker")
-c, --context string Name of the context to use to connect to the daemon (overrides DOCKER_HOST env var and default context set with "docker context use")
-D, --debug Enable debug mode
-H, --host list Daemon socket(s) to connect to
-l, --log-level string Set the logging level ("debug"|"info"|"warn"|"error"|"fatal") (default "info")
--tls Use TLS; implied by --tlsverify
--tlscacert string Trust certs signed only by this CA (default "/Users/nickmajor/.docker/ca.pem")
--tlscert string Path to TLS certificate file (default "/Users/nickmajor/.docker/cert.pem")
--tlskey string Path to TLS key file (default "/Users/nickmajor/.docker/key.pem")
--tlsverify Use TLS and verify the remote
-v, --version Print version information and quit
. . .
If not, the output will contain an error similar to this:
-bash: docker: command not found
Execute this command to get the version of docker
on your machine:
docker --version
If docker
is installed to your machine, it should output a version number like this:
Docker version 20.10.14, build a224086
The which
command should work for this:
which docker
If docker
is installed on you machine, it should output the path to the executive:
/usr/local/bin/docker
Open the Finder file explorer GUI and open the Applications directory.
You should see Docker
in that list of applications installed for your MacOS machine.