Choosing an operating system and installation method

Podman is supported on different distributions and operating systems. It is very easy to install, and the various distributions now provide their own maintained packages that can be installed with their specific package managers.

In this section, we will cover the different installation steps for the most common GNU/Linux distributions, as well as on macOS and Windows, despite the focus of this book being on Linux-based environments.

As a bonus topic, we will also learn how to build Podman directly from source.

Choosing between Linux distributions and another OS

The choice between the different distributions of the GNU/Linux operating system is something that is dictated by the user’s preferences and needs, which are usually influenced by several factors that are outside the scope of this book.

Many advanced users today choose Linux distributions as their main operating systems. However, there is a large quota...