github.com/guilhermebr/docker@v1.4.2-0.20150428121140-67da055cebca/docs/sources/installation/archlinux.md (about) 1 page_title: Installation on Arch Linux 2 page_description: Installation instructions for Docker on ArchLinux. 3 page_keywords: arch linux, virtualization, docker, documentation, installation 4 5 # Arch Linux 6 7 Installing on Arch Linux can be handled via the package in community: 8 9 - [docker](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/docker/) 10 11 or the following AUR package: 12 13 - [docker-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/docker-git/) 14 15 The docker package will install the latest tagged version of docker. The 16 docker-git package will build from the current master branch. 17 18 ## Dependencies 19 20 Docker depends on several packages which are specified as dependencies 21 in the packages. The core dependencies are: 22 23 - bridge-utils 24 - device-mapper 25 - iproute2 26 - lxc 27 - sqlite 28 29 ## Installation 30 31 For the normal package a simple 32 33 pacman -S docker 34 35 is all that is needed. 36 37 For the AUR package execute: 38 39 yaourt -S docker-git 40 41 The instructions here assume **yaourt** is installed. See [Arch User 42 Repository](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages) 43 for information on building and installing packages from the AUR if you 44 have not done so before. 45 46 ## Starting Docker 47 48 There is a systemd service unit created for docker. To start the docker 49 service: 50 51 $ sudo systemctl start docker 52 53 To start on system boot: 54 55 $ sudo systemctl enable docker 56 57 ## Custom daemon options 58 59 If you need to add an HTTP Proxy, set a different directory or partition for the 60 Docker runtime files, or make other customizations, read our systemd article to 61 learn how to [customize your systemd Docker daemon options](/articles/systemd/).