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Install Docker and verify the tools

Installs Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Ubuntu, then prints the versions to confirm the tools are ready.

sudo apt install -y docker.io docker-compose
docker --version
docker-compose --version
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What it does

Installs Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Ubuntu, then prints the versions to confirm the tools are ready.

When to use it

Use it during a fresh VPS setup before any Docker-based OpenClaw deployment steps.

What happens next

Ubuntu installs the Docker packages with sudo, then the terminal prints Docker and Compose version numbers if installation succeeded.

Risk warning

Advanced. It changes system packages and requires administrator privileges, so only run it on a machine you intend to prepare for Docker workloads.

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