# Install Docker Desktop on Fedora — Install Docker Desktop

> To install Docker Desktop on Fedora Set up Docker's package repository.

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To install Docker Desktop on Fedora

Set up Docker's package repository.

Download the latest RPM package. For checksums, see the Release notes.

Install the package with dnf as follows

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```console
   $ sudo dnf install ./docker-desktop-x86_64.rpm
```

By default, Docker Desktop is installed at /opt/docker-desktop.

The RPM package includes a post-install script that completes additional setup steps automatically.

Sets the capability on the Docker Desktop binary to map privileged ports and set resource limits. Adds a DNS name for Kubernetes to /etc/hosts. Creates a symlink from /usr/local/bin/com.docker.cli to /usr/bin/docker. This is because the classic Docker CLI is installed at /usr/bin/docker. The Docker Desktop installer also installs a Docker CLI binary that includes cloud-integration capabilities and is essentially a wrapper for the Compose CLI, at/usr/local/bin/com.docker.cli. The symlink ensures that the wrapper can access the classic Docker CLI.

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