Podman Isolated

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Pre-built standalone .deb packages for isolated upstream Podman on Ubuntu (amd64 & arm64). Packages install into /opt/podman/releases/<version>/ with companion symlinks in /usr/bin/, allowing seamless cohabitation with Ubuntu system packages.

Choose a Track

stable

Podman 6.x, auto-updated with a soak window. Best for production and daily use.

v5

Podman 5.x maintenance line, auto-updated with a soak window. For hosts not yet ready for the Podman 6.0 breaking changes.

nightly

Built from upstream main branch HEAD daily. Bleeding-edge, may break.

Setup

Distribution:

1. Import the signing key:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://xpufx.github.io/podman-isolated-pkgs/apt/podman-isolated.gpg \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/podman-isolated.gpg > /dev/null

2. Add the repository — pick your track:

sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/podman-isolated.sources << 'EOF'
Types: deb
URIs: https://xpufx.github.io/podman-isolated-pkgs/apt/apt
Suites: stable-2404
Components: main
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/podman-isolated.gpg
EOF
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/podman-isolated.sources << 'EOF'
Types: deb
URIs: https://xpufx.github.io/podman-isolated-pkgs/apt/apt
Suites: v5-2404
Components: main
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/podman-isolated.gpg
EOF
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/podman-isolated.sources << 'EOF'
Types: deb
URIs: https://xpufx.github.io/podman-isolated-pkgs/apt/apt
Suites: nightly-2404
Components: main
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/podman-isolated.gpg
EOF

Note: The bare suite names stable and nightly are deprecated and will be removed in a future release (the v5 track is distro-qualified only — always use v5-2404 / v5-2604). (Distro-qualified suite names like stable-2404 and stable-2604 are recommended).

3. Install:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install podman6

(For the v5 track, run sudo apt-get install podman5)

The package installs the complete standalone Podman stack into /opt/podman/releases/<version>/ and provides podman6 (or podman5) in /usr/bin/.

Running multiple Podman engines concurrently? See Potential Issues & Edge Cases for tips on isolated subnet pools.

Package Versions

Packagestablev5nightly
podman5—5.8.6~ubuntu24.04.podman2—
podman66.1.1~ubuntu24.04.podman2——

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