On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 06:46:23AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   as part of an intro tutorial i'm writing, i want to provide a recipe
> for installing docker-ce on fedora 29 from absolute scratch, and part
> of that will involve how to first get rid of every trace of any old
> docker- or container-related stuff.
> 
>   if one has no interest in preserving old containers, i'm proposing
> running (as sudo, naturally):
> 
>   $ dnf remove "*docker*"
>   $ rm -rf /var/lib/{containerd,docker,docker-engine}
> 
> i'm fairly sure that's overkill, but the point is to simulate truly
> starting from scratch. the above *seems* to work, is there any reason
> it would cause problems before i kick in with installing the proper
> yum repo file and running:
> 
>   $ dnf install docker-ce
> 
>   thoughts?
After running your "dnf remove" and "rm -rf" commands
run "# locate docker".  There may be config files
left behind or other cruft in home dirs.

Jon
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Jon H. LaBadie                  jo...@jgcomp.com
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