Error: when installing the DEB packages for docker desktop on ubuntu

Question

I am following the docs to install docker on Vmware ubuntu when I run:

sudo apt-get install ./docker-desktop-4.11.0-amd64.deb

I get this:

Reading package lists... Error!
E: read, still have 8 to read but none left
E: Internal error, could not locate member control.tar{.zst,.lz4,.gz,.xz,.bz2,.lzma,}
E: Could not read meta data from /home/ali/docker-desktop-4.11.0-amd64.deb
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

see https://askubuntu.com/questions/1247924/ubuntu-20-04-reading-package-lists-error — dummyuser, Sep 18 '22 at 10:39
ensure the file you are installing is not damaged or incomplete downloaded. — T.Todua, Jan 23 '23 at 20:16

Ali · Answer 1 · 2022-09-18T13:03:49.710

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i was finally able to solve this

following the installation steps here https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/ubuntu/
i was clicking on the Download the latest DEB package which downloaded the docker-desktop 4.11.0
but i was able to find 4.12 from here https://desktop.docker.com/linux/main/amd64/docker-desktop-4.12.0-amd64.deb
and that one worked
Note: i am using ubuntu-22.04.1

edited Sep 18 '22 at 13:03

answered Sep 18 '22 at 13:02

Ali

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 12 '23 at 00:19

Had To Get The DEB File From A Different Place

Similar to Ali, and thanks Ali, the file I was downloading from the BIG BLUE BUTTON HERE would not install. I had to click on Debian for version 4.24.0 HERE INSTEAD. Then it installed fine. This may change down the road of course for later versions, but given mine and Ali's experience, just look for different download locations if you hit similar issues. Dang!

Error: when installing the DEB packages for docker desktop on ubuntu

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Had To Get The DEB File From A Different Place