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Noy Oliel
Noy Oliel

Reputation: 1666

Docker Desktop installation on windows 7 is not working

I've downloaded docker desktop from the website but was unable to open the installer. My operating system is windows 7. What are the steps required to install docker desktop on windows 7?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 20191

Answers (3)

Noy Oliel
Noy Oliel

Reputation: 1666

Docker Desktop is not supported on windows 7, you can use Docker toolbox instead. Do following steps:

After following above steps, you may not be able to run Docker Quickstart Terminal properly. If so, follow below steps:

  • Go to window's Start.
  • type: Environment
  • click: Edit the system environment variables
  • Make sure you have VBOX_INSTALL_PATH (should point to VirtualBox installation folder. i.e. C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox)
  • Make sure you have VBOX_MSI_INSTALL_PATH (should point to VirtualBox installation folder. i.e. *C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox*)
  • Make sure you have VBOX_USER_HOME (e.g. C:\Users\Sara.VirtualBox)
  • Make sure you have DOCKER_TOOLBOX_INSTALL_PATH in your User variables (i.e. C:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox)
  • Restart your computer.

Try Running Kitematic. If its not working and you are receiving an error about "default" already existing or config.json missing, do the following:

  • close Docker Quickstart Terminal if open.
  • open task manager -> processes.
  • End process VBoxHeadless.exe
  • add an empty config.json file manually in %userprofile%.docker\machine\machines\default if config.json is missing.
  • Run in CMD: docker-machine rm -f default
  • Run in CMD: docker-machine create -d virtualbox --virtualbox-memory 2048 default

If the above CMD commands failed:

  • delete folder %userprofile%.docker\machine\machines\default manually
  • restart computer
  • run Docker Quickstart Terminal as admin
  • folder %userprofile%.docker\machine\machines\default should have been created properly at this point.
  • open kitematic. UI should be presented properly

Problem with "default" project

Failure on "default"

Upvotes: 3

Trinh Hieu
Trinh Hieu

Reputation: 805

You will need Win10 pro to install Docker on PC, but otherwise you can still install Docker on PC by downloading Docker Toolbox for Win7,8,10. Link to download Docker Toolbox at:

https://www.softpedia.com /get/Programming/Other-Programming-Files/Docker-Toolbox.shtml

Upvotes: 0

Bill
Bill

Reputation: 540

As far as I know, Docker desktop require Windows 10.

https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/install/

System Requirements

Windows 10 64-bit: Pro, Enterprise, or Education (Build 15063 or later).

Upvotes: 0

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