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<li> or Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) (64-bit)</li>
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The linux-image-extra package is only needed on standard Ubuntu EC2 AMIs in order to install the aufs kernel module.
<pre>sudo apt-get install linux-image-extra-`uname -r`</pre>
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<p><strong>Install Docker</strong></p>
<p>Add the Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archive) sources to your apt sources list, update and install.</p>
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<pre>sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dotcloud/lxc-docker/ubuntu precise main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"</pre>
<pre>sudo apt-get update</pre>
<pre>sudo apt-get install lxc-docker</pre>
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<pre>docker run -i -t ubuntu /bin/bash</pre>
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