How to install docker-machine on Ubuntu 16.04

If you want to provision or manage docker host remotely from your local computer, you will need to install docker-machine. This article i will show you how to install docker-machine on ubuntu.


Step by step how to install docker-machine on ubuntu 16.04

• download docker-machine binary using wget

wget https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.6.0/docker-machine-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)

• rename the docker-machine binary

mv docker-machine-Linux-x86_64 docker-machine

• make the docker-machine binary executable

chmod +x docker-machine

• copy the docker-machine to the bin directory

sudo mv docker-machine /usr/local/bin

You can try run docker-machine now, simply show the version like this:

docker-machine version