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andyg1's avatar

Idiots guide to getting Docker running on Ubuntu

I've literally lost three evenings this week to this...

I am trying to get Laravel working on my desktop environment - Ubuntu 18.04

At first I was installing PHP and mysql on my system but couldn't get the right modules / versions / configurations working. I figured I would try docker so I don't have to mess about with all this packages on my local machine. I can't get that working either.

From first principles (i.e installing docker itself) can someone please point me to a idiots guide to getting Laravel running on Ubuntu. Thank you.

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andyg1's avatar

@Nakov yep. Can't even get that far:

ERROR: Service 'laravel.test' failed to build
jlrdw's avatar

Just curious if you have Linux already why do you want a container? Just setup nginx, mysql, and php.

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