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On ubuntu bionic: docker-model-plugin block the install

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Description

On ubuntu bionic, only since today (Thursday, July 10, 2025):
When running the usual wget of get.docker.com piped into sh,
the install script ends up failing with an error about not being able to apt-install the docker-model-plugin package.

Running the same apt command (mentioned in the install script error log) but removing the last package (docker-model-plugin) solves the issue.

But it would be nice to be able to do (as it used to work for the past years) just a simple "wget piped into sh" and succeed (without any patching afterwards).

It's ok if you want to just close and delete this issue,
I just wanted to mention it to someone somewhere
(since not everybobdy is using such old ubuntu versions)
and it looked like here was the best place to mention it.

I hope I did not bother anyone needlessly, in that case I am sorry about it.

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Research direction

Start with the get.docker.com install script and reproduce the apt-install failure on Ubuntu Bionic using the command from the error log. Compare the package list with and without docker-model-plugin; done means the standard wget-piped-to-sh install completes on Bionic without manual patching.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, shell, ubuntu
Domain
devops
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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