# Install Docker Engine on Debian — Install from a package

> If you can't use Docker's apt repository to install Docker Engine, you can download the deb file for your release and install it manually.

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If you can't use Docker's apt repository to install Docker Engine, you can download the deb file for your release and install it manually. You need to download a new file each time you want to upgrade Docker Engine.

Select your Debian version in the list.

Go to pool/stable/ and select the applicable architecture (amd64, armhf, arm64, or s390x).

Download the following deb files for the Docker Engine, CLI, containerd, and Docker Compose packages

containerd.io.deb docker-ce.deb docker-ce-cli.deb docker-buildx-plugin.deb docker-compose-plugin.deb

Install the .deb packages. Update the paths in the following example to where you downloaded the Docker packages.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ sudo dpkg -i ./containerd.io_&lt;version&gt;_&lt;arch&gt;.deb \
     ./docker-ce_&lt;version&gt;_&lt;arch&gt;.deb \
     ./docker-ce-cli_&lt;version&gt;_&lt;arch&gt;.deb \
     ./docker-buildx-plugin_&lt;version&gt;_&lt;arch&gt;.deb \
     ./docker-compose-plugin_&lt;version&gt;_&lt;arch&gt;.deb
```

Verify that the installation is successful by running the hello-world image

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ sudo docker run hello-world
```

This command downloads a test image and runs it in a container. When the container runs, it prints a confirmation message and exits.

You have now successfully installed and started Docker Engine.

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