Permission denied: Docker socket when running setup.sh

[miskatul-anwar]

Description

When I try to install WinApps for the Current User with the Manual (Default) option, the installer fails when checking the Docker container status.

Here’s the full log:

  bash <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/winapps-org/winapps/main/setup.sh)     

% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 81474  100 81474    0     0   107k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  107k
################################################################################
#                                                                              #
#                            WinApps Install Wizard                            #
#                                                                              #
################################################################################

Q) Install or uninstall WinApps? --> Install
Q) Configure WinApps for the current user 'miskat' or the whole system? --> Current User
Q) Automatically install supported applications or choose manually? --> Manual (Default)

WinApps installation already present at /home/miskat/.local/bin/winapps-src. Updating...
Already up to date.
Installing WinApps.
Checking for existing conflicting WinApps installations... Done!
Attempting to load WinApps configuration file... Done!
Checking whether dependencies are installed... Done!
Checking container status... permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.51/containers/json?all=1&filters=%7B%22name%22%3A%7B%22WinApps%22%3Atrue%7D%7D": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied
Exiting with status '1'.

[miskatul-anwar]

I'm currently using deepinOS 25 which is an immutable distro

[zhiim]

You need first add your current user to docker group

sudo usermod -a -G docker cur_user

[mysteriousbenefactor]

use newgrp docker after that in a terminal to avoid needing to logout and back in