How to install and run docker.app on EC2 Mac instance

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I started making use of EC2 Mac instances with Catalina. In order for some services to work I need to install docker. Importantly I want to install docker only through CLI without using GUI.

I managed to install it with brew install --cask docker. However, it doesn't work.

When I try to run open /Applications/Docker.app, I get the following error:

LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -610 for the file /Applications/Docker.app.

Can someone advise how to fix this error? Or perhaps advise how to install docker which will not require GUI access?

Thanks

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After hearing from AWS support, it was confirmed that GUI is a must to install Mac apps.

$ open /Applications/Docker.app
LSOpenURLsWithRole()  failed with error -610 for the file /Applications/Docker.app

The above error was because installation of Docker.app requires a sequence of steps (subsequent next next options) and acknowledgements that have to be done via a GUI and unfortunately is not possible to perform via CLI. The docker app has to be installed according to the instructions provided in https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/install/. It is recommended to use GUI to launch applications in MacOS.

Shortly speaking, you won't be able to script anything in a programatic way. You will have to configure tools such as VNC and share the screen etc. For such an expensive AWS solution, I expected at least Docker working.

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