# Install Discourse for development using Docker

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009
**Category:** Developer Guides
**Tags:** docker, dev-install, how-to
**Created:** [November 16, 2018, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009 "2018-11-16T09:40:04Z")
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### Author: ![seanblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009/85 "2020-01-30T14:40:55Z")

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I’m trying to use Docker on Windows 10, and I have a question about the guide. I have Docker installed and it can run an ubuntu container (with basically nothing installed in the container). This docker guide just says to clone the repo next, but I can’t do that since the container doesn’t have git installed.

At this point, should I just follow the [Ubuntu Guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-on-ubuntu-for-development/14727) and install all of the prerequisites in the container? Or should I be using the `discourse_dev` image referenced on [Github](https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker/tree/master/image)? It seems like this guide is skipping over a lot of steps, but I’ve never used docker before so maybe I’m missing something.

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