[Bug] Fedora RPM install conflicts with podman-docker because it hard requires Docker

[thisisryanswift]

Bug Description

I ran into an install issue on Fedora that seems like a packaging problem. ToolHive docs say Podman is supported on Linux, but the RPM appears to hard-require Docker.

docker >= 20.10

On Fedora, that makes dnf try to install moby-engine, which conflicts with podman-docker.

Steps to Reproduce

Just use dnf to install on Fedora?

sudo dnf install https://releases.toolhive.dev/stable/0.32.0/linux/x64/ToolHive-0.32.0-1.x86_64.rpm

Expected Behavior

• RPM should install cleanly on a supported Podman setup
• or at least not force moby-engine when Podman is the intended runtime

Actual Behavior

• RPM install fails because of the hard Docker dependency

Failed to resolve the transaction:
Problem: problem with installed package

• installed package podman-docker-5:5.8.2-1.fc43.noarch conflicts with docker provided by moby-engine-28.4.0-1.fc43.x86_64 from fedora
• installed package podman-docker-5:5.8.2-1.fc43.noarch conflicts with moby-engine provided by moby-engine-28.4.0-1.fc43.x86_64 from fedora
• package ToolHive-0.32.0-1.x86_64 from @commandline requires docker >= 20.10, but none of the providers can be installed
• conflicting requests
  I also checked the RPM metadata directly and it does indeed require:
  docker >= 20.10

Priority

Low

Environment

• Fedora 43
• KDE Plasma / Wayland
• Podman installed
• podman-docker installed
• no Docker / moby engine installed

Additional Context

Workaround:

• install the Linux tarball instead of the RPM
• enable the user Podman socket
• launch ToolHive with the Podman socket exposed via DOCKER_HOST

[samuv]

Hey @thisisryanswift, thanks for the report! You're right, this is a packaging issue on our end, the RPM has a hard dependency on Docker that doesn't account for podman-docker as a valid provider. We'll get this fixed. In the meantime, the tarball workaround you mentioned is the way to go 🙏

[samuv]

We’ve released the fix, let us know if the issue is resolved!