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
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