On Thu, 24 Jan 2019, Jon LaBadie wrote: > 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.
If the computer has LVM partions it is probably worth checking that the docker-pool thin pool has been deleted, as docker can use this if there is space in LVM, and I don't know if uninstalling docker is enough to remove it. Michael Young _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org