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dirkd
Some software nowadays is only made available as a docker container, which normally presumes you are using systemd.
Recently I came across a solution on github that presumably makes it possible to intall docker on a SystemV linux system. Has anyone tried this approach? And does it work with Antix?
anticapitalista
Which github solution?
Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
dirkd
Here’s a link. It mentions Antix 23 explicitly, so I guess it must work. But it would be nice to hear of someone who has actually tried it.
bci
Right now I’m running antiX 26 (which uses runit as a service manager, i.e. not systemd):
$ inxi -S
System:
Host: antix1 Kernel: 7.0.13-1-liquorix-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-26_x64-full Stephen Kapos 21
March 2026I managed to get Docker Desktop installed (however, I had problems configuring Docker sans Docker Desktop, perhaps due to an issue involving
OverlayFS which I couldn’t quite work out.)Once I got Docker Desktop installed, it looks like I can use Docker normally (I also configured Docker to run as my underprivileged user.)
Hence I can run
docker run hello-world
and everything works fine. Of course, with Docker Desktop, you need login credentials, which is kind of a bummer. 🙁 Well, at
least you get access to Docker Hub, which is nice, I suppose.– Brandon
As an aside, I haven’t tried using the install script, but I have a feeling it’s possible to install Docker Desktop without it
(that is, if I recall correctly, I’ve used Docker Desktop on sysV-based antiX systems before.)– Brandon
sybok
with Docker Desktop, you need login credentials
Really?
I used it in Windows and none were required; it only informed me I was not signed it and it seemed to work.
Is Linux different?with Docker Desktop… I used it in Windows and none were required; it only informed me I was not signed it and it seemed to work.
Is Linux different?You might be right about that. I reinstalled Docker Desktop just now (after some misadventures with my previous installation), and I was
able to skip the sign-in step (I hadn’t noticed the “Skip” link in the upper right hand corner of the splash page.)Anyway, I’m not heavily using Docker (nor Docker Desktop) these days, so I’m not intimately familiar with their miscellaneous snags.
– Brandon
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