Re: docker buildx plugin
On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 11:39:21PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On a Bookworm system results `DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build .` in
> a succesfull build.
>
> On an unstable system results `DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build .` in
> this output:
> |ERROR: BuildKit is enabled but the buildx componet is missing or broken.
> | Install the buildx component to build images with BuildKit:
> | https://docs.docker.com/go/builds
>
> That webpage says: "Buildx and BuildKit are both installed with Docker
> Desktop and Docker Engine out-of-the-box." It explains why the build
> works on the Bookworm system. And says it should work on the unstable
> system. But here we are ...
>
>
> My websearch suggested there is package 'docker-buildx-plugin' and
> package 'docker-buildx'. "apt" can't find them.
>
>
> What should be done to get the buildx component working?
>
Knowing that `DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build .` works
on your Debian unstable system would help. It tells that
the problem is on my side.
> Background information:
> The Bookworm system:
> |$ dpkg -l docker\* | grep ^ii | cut -b -60
> |ii docker-compose 1.29.2-3 all
> |ii docker.io 20.10.24+dfsg1-1+b3 amd64
> |$ docker --version
> |Docker version 20.10.24+dfsg1, build 297e128
> |$
The Bookworm machine was installed on a new computer,
it was always a Bookworm system.
> On the unstable system:
> |$ dpkg -l docker\* | grep ^ii | cut -b -60
> |ii docker-cli 26.1.5+dfsg1-2+b1 amd64
> |ii docker-compose 1.29.2-6 all
> |ii docker.io 26.1.5+dfsg1-2+b1 amd64
> |$ docker --version
> |Docker version 26.1.5+dfsg1, build a72d7cd
> |$
>
That system start as a Stretch system and at some point in time
upgrade to unstable.
What is more likely causing the
|ERROR: BuildKit is enabled but the buildx componet is missing or broken.
the many upgrades or being an unstable system?
Groeten
Geert Stappers
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