# Install Docker Desktop on Ubuntu — Install Docker Desktop

> Recommended approach to install Docker Desktop on Ubuntu Set up Docker's package repository.

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Recommended approach to install Docker Desktop on Ubuntu

Set up Docker's package repository. See step one of Install using the apt repository.

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

Install the package using apt

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ sudo apt-get update
   $ sudo apt install ./docker-desktop-amd64.deb
```

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; &gt; At the end of the installation process, apt displays an error due to installing a downloaded package. You &gt; can ignore this error message. &gt; &gt; text &gt; N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root, as file '/home/user/Downloads/docker-desktop.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) &gt;

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

The DEB 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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