System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate. Failed to connect to bus: host is down

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Hello Guys!

I have MX Linux 23 on my computer and I want docker on it. I followed the installation instructions at:

How to Install Docker on MX Linux 23 | Docker Install Guide | Docker Linux Installation | Bookworm - YouTube[^]

What I have tried:

But when I run: sudo docker run hello-world after get this:

docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?.
See 'docker run --help'.

So I run:

sudo systemctl start docker

But I get this:

System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
Failed to connect to bus: Host is down

Posted 8-Nov-23 3:20am

folza

Updated 8-Nov-23 9:28am

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2023-11-08T22:42:00

Solution 1

It may be that your version of Linux is not supported. It is always best to stay away from Youtube when learning new products, and use instead the official documentation: Install Docker Desktop on Linux | Docker Docs[^].

Posted 8-Nov-23 22:42pm

Richard MacCutchan

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folza 9-Nov-23 8:08am

I solved. The MX Linux 23 was not booted with systemd. In the terminal with this command, you can change it with GUI: sudo mx-boot-options