"apt-get remove" command doesn't remove installed packages if a package isn't found

[noamraph]

Is this a docs issue?

• My issue is about the documentation content or website

Type of issue

Information is incorrect

Description

The docs instruct to remove old versions by running:

sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc

However, it turns out that if a package isn't found, the command fails entirely:

I'm on Ubuntu 22.04, WSL2.

Location

https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/

Suggestion

Perhaps replace the command with something like this:

for pkg in docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove -y $pkg; done

This would remove all packages, regardless of whether packages are known or not.

[dvdksn]

Thanks @noamraph! I've pushed your suggestion in #17415

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