Kali 2025.3 repository [...] kali-rolling Release' does not have a Release file

[doritoes]

When I use the quick install script on Kali 2025.3:

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com/ -o install-docker.sh
cat install-docker.sh
sh install-docker.sh --dry-run
sudo sh install-docker.sh

I get the error

E: The repository 'https://download.docker.com/linux/debian kali-rolling Release' does not have a Release file.

Contents of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian kali-rolling stable

What is the recommended way to install docker on Kali using install script?

I want docker on the Kali workstation so I can run Ostorlab Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Detector https://github.com/Ostorlab/KEV

[vvoland]

Hi, we don't have official packages for Kali.

If you'd like to use the Debian packages, you need to know which upstream Debian release it's based on and use that.

Assuming that it's based on Debian Trixie, your docker.list should look like this:

 deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian trixie stable

[vvoland]

We have this code that tries to detect such distros:

docker-install/install.sh

Lines 320 to 378 in 7d96bd3

	check_forked() {
	# Check for lsb_release command existence, it usually exists in forked distros
	if command_exists lsb_release; then
	# Check if the `-u` option is supported
	set +e
	lsb_release -a -u > /dev/null 2>&1
	lsb_release_exit_code=$?
	set -e
	# Check if the command has exited successfully, it means we're in a forked distro
	if [ "$lsb_release_exit_code" = "0" ]; then
	# Print info about current distro
	cat <<-EOF
	You're using '$lsb_dist' version '$dist_version'.
	EOF
	# Get the upstream release info
	lsb_dist=$(lsb_release -a -u 2>&1 | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | grep -E 'id' | cut -d ':' -f 2 | tr -d '[:space:]')
	dist_version=$(lsb_release -a -u 2>&1 | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | grep -E 'codename' | cut -d ':' -f 2 | tr -d '[:space:]')
	# Print info about upstream distro
	cat <<-EOF
	Upstream release is '$lsb_dist' version '$dist_version'.
	EOF
	else
	if [ -r /etc/debian_version ] && [ "$lsb_dist" != "ubuntu" ] && [ "$lsb_dist" != "raspbian" ]; then
	if [ "$lsb_dist" = "osmc" ]; then
	# OSMC runs Raspbian
	lsb_dist=raspbian
	else
	# We're Debian and don't even know it!
	lsb_dist=debian
	fi
	dist_version="$(sed 's/\/.*//' /etc/debian_version | sed 's/\..*//')"
	case "$dist_version" in
	13)
	dist_version="trixie"
	;;
	12)
	dist_version="bookworm"
	;;
	11)
	dist_version="bullseye"
	;;
	10)
	dist_version="buster"
	;;
	9)
	dist_version="stretch"
	;;
	8)
	dist_version="jessie"
	;;
	esac
	fi
	fi
	fi
	}

However looks like it doesn't work correctly in case of Kali Linux.

We're not going to work on it, but PRs are welcome!