Skip to content

Readme improve for podman installation#705

Open
Miit0s wants to merge 9 commits intoTibixDev:mainfrom
Miit0s:readme-improve-for-podman
Open

Readme improve for podman installation#705
Miit0s wants to merge 9 commits intoTibixDev:mainfrom
Miit0s:readme-improve-for-podman

Conversation

@Miit0s
Copy link

@Miit0s Miit0s commented Mar 3, 2026

When I try for the first time to create a podman with WinBoat, the podman creation failed with an error like this (I have deleted the log files, so it is not hyper precise sorry) : "podman compose -f" command failed, flag "f" doesn't exist". After a lot of debugging, I simply realised that my podman version was too old (because the one installed with apt install on Pop_OS! is old), and this was causing the error.
So I propose this change in the README to avoid other users like me loose time for something that is simple.

I'm not quite sure of the format; it's not very similar to what we have at the moment, but feel free to let me know where to make changes or do the change by yourself so that it fits better.

Copy link
Contributor

@LittleT6109 LittleT6109 left a comment

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

Multiple issues.

  • "fork" should be "forks"
  • Capitalize "podman"
  • "install" should be "installed"
  • Move the note into the list on the same level as the Podman installation guide

@Miit0s Miit0s requested a review from LittleT6109 March 3, 2026 22:57
@LittleT6109
Copy link
Contributor

forgot the ⚠️ NOTE: but good enough i guess

Copy link
Contributor

@LittleT6109 LittleT6109 left a comment

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

missing the ⚠️ NOTE: but otherwise LGTM

README.md Outdated
- [Installation Guide](https://podman.io/docs/installation#installing-on-linux)

> On Debian/Ubuntu and forks, the Podman version installed with `apt install` can be too old. Make sure you have **Version 4.x.x** or higher to have the installation complete successfully
> On Debian/Ubuntu and forks, the Podman version installed with `apt install` could be too old. Make sure you have **Version 4.x.x** or higher to ensure the installation completes successfully.
Copy link
Contributor

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

Suggested change
> On Debian/Ubuntu and forks, the Podman version installed with `apt install` could be too old. Make sure you have **Version 4.x.x** or higher to ensure the installation completes successfully.
- **⚠️ NOTE:** On Debian/Ubuntu and forks, the Podman version installed with `apt install` could be too old. Make sure you have **Version 4.x.x** or higher to ensure the installation completes successfully.

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Labels

None yet

Projects

None yet

Development

Successfully merging this pull request may close these issues.

2 participants