Installing Podman on Linux Mint 20.2InstallingPodman onLinux Mint 20.2

You won’t find Podman¹ in the default repositories configured on Linux Mint. To install it using apt you will need to configure a third party repository that provides a Debian package for it. The Kubic project² provides recent packages for Podman (in addition to other useful tools for working with containers). It’s worth noting that the project does not provide a specific Linux Mint build but, being a Debian-based distribution, the Ubuntu build seems to work just fine.

I use the Ubuntu 20.04 source in this example. You could also use the other Debian-based build targets shown below, though your mileage may vary.

Configure the repository and install

SOURCE="xUbuntu_20.04"
# Adds the Kubic Debian repository to the systems apt sources.
echo "deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/${SOURCE}/ /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable.list
# Adds the repository encryption key for verifying package signatures.
curl -L "https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/${SOURCE}/Release.key" | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt update
sudo apt install podman

Now you can verify your installation.

podman run hello-world