Procedure
Install Docker Engine and Compose on Linux
Install Docker Engine with the Compose plugin from Docker's official distro docs (or get.docker.com for quick setup), optionally add your user to the docker group, then verify with docker and compose version commands.
Step 1
Follow https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ for your distro (Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora/etc.): add Docker's package repository, then install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin with elevated privileges. For a quick non-production path: curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh (review the script first). Ensure the docker service is enabled/started (systemctl enable --now docker).
Step 2
Optional: add your user to the docker group (usermod -aG docker $USER) and re-login so docker works without elevation. Then confirm Compose: docker compose version.
Step 3
docker version && docker compose version
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