How to run wget inside Ubuntu Docker image? How to run wget inside Ubuntu Docker image? docker docker

How to run wget inside Ubuntu Docker image?


You need to install it first. Create a new Dockerfile, and install wget in it:

FROM ubuntu:14.04RUN  apt-get update \  && apt-get install -y wget \  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

Then, build that image:

docker build -t my-ubuntu .

Finally, run it:

docker run my-ubuntu wget https://downloads-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu-14.04/gitlab_7.8.2-omnibus.1-1_amd64.deb


I had this problem recently where apt install wget does not find anything. As it turns out apt update was never run.

apt updateapt install wget

After discussing this with a coworker we mused that apt update is likely not run in order to save both time and space in the docker image.


If you're running ubuntu container directly without a local Dockerfile you can ssh into the container and enable root control by entering su then apt-get install -y wget