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How to Install & Set Up Podman

Install Podman — the daemonless, rootless, Docker-CLI-compatible container engine — on Linux, macOS, or Windows.

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Prerequisites

  • ✓A Linux host, or macOS/Windows (which run containers inside a managed VM)

Install Podman

Ubuntu / Debian
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y podman
Fedora / RHEL
sudo dnf install -y podman
macOS (Homebrew)
brew install podman

macOS / Windows: start the Podman machine

On macOS and Windows, containers run inside a lightweight VM you initialize once.

terminal
podman machine init
podman machine start

Verify the installation

terminal
podman --version
podman run hello-world
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Prefer the Docker CLI? Run 'alias docker=podman' — Podman accepts the same commands.

Documentation & Knowledge Base

Official DocumentationPodman Documentation →Knowledge Base & CommunityPodman GitHub Discussions →
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