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DDev for Local Development - Linux, Ubuntu
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My System is Ubuntu 20.04, mileage might vary depending on your Linux System.
Before you begin this process you should make sure the packages on your system are up to date by running
sudo apt update and if required sudo apt upgrade
Enter your sudo password when prompted and make sure to read the output from the terminal for any errors or issues that you might encounter.
You must Install Docker on your system to be able to use DDev. Despite the Docker Docs installation documentation recommending Docker Desktop, the DDev Documentation states not to use Docker Desktop for Linux as it is are not usable with DDev on Linux. You should install using the apt repository, after uninstalling older versions.
Once you have Docker installed you can install DDev.
The installation was pretty straightforward for me, I had a slight issue with not getting the latest ddev version at first. You can check your ddev version with the ddev --version command, the latest version at the time of writing was: v1.23.3. If you see this in the command line after installation and running this command then you should be all setup!
I installed DDev so that I could easily setup and run a drupal installation on my machine, I have another post for Installing Drupal on DDev.