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 -- Jon H. LaBadie jonfu@xxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx