dockerd and lxc for Linux

[siadat]

Additional Info

• I am using Windows Subsystem for Linux

Output of brew config

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 3.6.16-76-g819aa09
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 819aa09e63d1e654fa66287db5814a616f114ee1
Last commit: 12 hours ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 903882f943df1a6857dfdf6aba55506d39b3bbe0
Core tap last commit: 4 hours ago
Core tap branch: master
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_EDITOR: nvim
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 4
Homebrew Ruby: 2.6.8 => /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.6.8_1/bin/ruby
CPU: quad-core 64-bit skylake
Clang: N/A
Git: 2.39.0 => /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/git
Curl: 7.58.0 => /usr/bin/curl
Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-200-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux
OS: Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)
Host glibc: 2.27
/usr/bin/gcc: 7.5.0
/usr/bin/ruby: N/A
glibc: 2.35_1
gcc@11: N/A
gcc: 12.2.0
xorg: N/A

Output of brew doctor

Your system is ready to brew.

Description of issue

I am experimenting with using Homebrew as a package in an Ubuntu box.

I noticed that the docker formula installs docker cli, which makes sense for a macOS system. However, I'd like to install dockerd as well.

I see there are some Linux-specific formulae (specifying depends_on :linux), such as strace. Would it make sense to create formulae for dockerd and lxc as well?

[siadat]

I decided to install docker engine via apt-get for now and let systemctl start/monitor it.

Would it be reasonable to say that it makes sense to install long-running services in this way, otherwise I would have to find a way to ensure dockerd is running?

[SMillerDev]

That completely depends what you want from it.

[siadat]

That makes sense, thanks!

[SMillerDev]

If you can get it to build dockerd, pull requests are welcome.

[AkihiroSuda]

dockerd is now available as the docker-engine formula:

• docker-engine 29.2.1 (new formula) homebrew-core#270750