docker-ce : Depends: containerd.io (>= 1.4.1) but it is not going to be installed

Question

I have an error when trying to install Docker on Debian 10 (Buster)

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 docker-ce : Depends: containerd.io (>= 1.4.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Answer 1

The solution that worked for me is to install the last version of containerd.io on download.docker.com.

curl -O https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/dists/buster/pool/stable/amd64/containerd.io_1.4.3-1_amd64.deb

sudo apt install ./containerd.io_1.4.3-1_amd64.deb

Answer 2

I got the same error because I applied Docker installation steps for Ubuntu on my Debian server.

To fix this:

• Clear the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
• Try to install Docker CE again using official Docker docs for Debian