Docker How To Install Curl

Installing curl in a Docker container is easy.

These are the actual commands to install curl on a Debian/Ubuntu based system:

sudo apt update -y
sudo apt install curl -y

Use the following steps to install this in a docker image and container:

Create a project dir:

mkdir test1
cd test1

Create a docker file:

vi Dockerfile


FROM ubuntu
RUN apt update -y
RUN apt install curl -y

Build it:

docker build -t mytestimage . 

Run your image as a container:

docker run -i -t mytestimage