# Help setting up Ubuntu to run Umbrel

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/help-setting-up-ubuntu-to-run-umbrel/9603>\
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [September 26, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/help-setting-up-ubuntu-to-run-umbrel/9603 "2022-09-26T09:36:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![nintendo1889](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@nintendo1889](https://community.umbrel.com/u/nintendo1889)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/help-setting-up-ubuntu-to-run-umbrel/9603/19 "2023-05-15T17:36:19Z")

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> [@Bitmen](#):
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> 2v4JF46S

I checked your last pastebin. It appears that the issue is that your were installing in Windows using WSL. This could be causing issues and errors:

> [@Docker issue on ubuntu install](http://community.umbrel.com/t/docker-issue-on-ubuntu-install/11499):
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> Hello, I was able to get ubuntu working on wsl. I started the umbrel code from their website and it went well until i got to the dockers. It says I “cannot connect to the docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?. See ‘docker run --help’” how do i fix this? I found a docker build and version 23.0.1 and build a5ee5b1. How do I get the dockers to connect?

Either use Docker for Windows, as the post above says, or (better) install on bare metal (using Easy2Boot or Rufus [Rufus 4 and 3.22 didn’t like Ubuntu server 22.04 so I used YUMI which worked great]) or a burned dvd. This assumes that you have another PC, and this older one will be your dedicated Umbrel server.

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