# Install Docker Engine on Debian — Install using the apt repository

> Before you install Docker Engine for the first time on a new host machine, you need to set up the Docker apt repository.

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Before you install Docker Engine for the first time on a new host machine, you need to set up the Docker apt repository. Afterward, you can install and update Docker from the repository.

Set up Docker's apt repository.

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```bash
   # Add Docker's official GPG key:
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install ca-certificates curl
   sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
   sudo curl -fsSL {{% param "download-url-base" %}}/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
   sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc

   # Add the repository to Apt sources:
   sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.sources &lt;&lt;EOF
   Types: deb
   URIs: {{% param "download-url-base" %}}
   Suites: $(. /etc/os-release &amp;&amp; echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")
   Components: stable
   Architectures: $(dpkg --print-architecture)
   Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
   EOF

   sudo apt update
```

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; &gt; If you use Debian testing or a derivative distribution such as Kali Linux, &gt; you may need to substitute the part of this command that's expected to &gt; print the version codename: &gt; &gt; console &gt; $(. /etc/os-release &amp;&amp; echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") &gt; &gt; &gt; Replace this part with the codename of the corresponding Debian release, &gt; such as trixie.

Install the Docker packages.

To install the latest version, run

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```console
   $ sudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
```

To install a specific version of Docker Engine, start by listing the available versions in the repository

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```console
   $ apt list --all-versions docker-ce

   docker-ce/bookworm 5:{{% param "docker_ce_version" %}}-1~debian.12~bookworm &lt;arch&gt;
   docker-ce/bookworm 5:{{% param "docker_ce_version_prev" %}}-1~debian.12~bookworm &lt;arch&gt;
   ...
```

Select the desired version and install

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```console
   $ VERSION_STRING=5:{{% param "docker_ce_version" %}}-1~debian.12~bookworm
   $ sudo apt install docker-ce=$VERSION_STRING docker-ce-cli=$VERSION_STRING containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
```

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

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