Installing subuser

System Requirements

• Docker 1.3 or higher
• Python >= 3
• Git
• X11 and the xauth utility (You almost certainly have this)

Installation: Common steps

1. Add yourself to the docker group.

Warning

Being a member of the docker group is equivalent to having root access.

$ sudo usermod -a -G docker $USER

Install from your distributions package manager

• Arch linux AUR
• Debian sid
• Soon to be in ubuntu too
• pipy

Install with pip: Stable version

1. Install subuser from pip3:

   $ sudo pip3 install subuser
   

2. Add ~/.subuser/bin to your path by adding the line PATH=$HOME/.subuser/bin:$PATH to the end of your ~/.bashrc file.

3. Log out and then back in again.

4. Done!

Install from git: Development version

1. Download the subuser repository:

   $ cd
   $ git clone https://github.com/subuser-security/subuser
   

2. Add subuser/logic and ~/.subuser/bin to your path by adding the line PATH=$HOME/subuser/logic:$HOME/.subuser/bin:$PATH to the end of your .bashrc file.

Note

You will need to change the path to subuser/logic to refer to the location to which you downloaded subuser.

1. Log out and then back in again.
2. Done!

Source

The subuser sourcecode is maintained on github. You can find release tarbals here.