✅ The error you’re seeing means Docker’s containerd.io package conflicts with Oracle Linux’s (OL8) built-in runc and Podman packages from the ol8_appstream repo.

Oracle Linux 8 comes with Podman, Buildah, and runc from Oracle’s repos — which conflict with Docker’s own containerd.io and runc versions.

Let’s fix this cleanly and get Docker + Docker Compose working on Oracle Linux 8.10.

You need to remove Podman and the system-provided container tools before installing Docker.

sudo dnf remove -y podman buildah runc

Add the Docker CE repo directly (not Oracle’s one).

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo

ℹ️ Oracle Linux 8 is binary-compatible with RHEL/CentOS 8 — so the CentOS repo works perfectly.

Now install Docker CE and Docker Compose plugin together.

sudo dnf install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin

If you still hit a conflict, force DNF to disable AppStream’s container modules:

sudo dnf module disable container-tools -y
sudo dnf install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin

sudo systemctl enable docker
sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl status docker

docker run hello-world
docker compose version

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
newgrp docker

Then verify:

docker ps

Would you like me to give you a single copy-paste script that installs Docker CE + Compose cleanly on OL8.10 (with all fixes and checks)?