buildx is missing from docker:20.10.24 images

[bhanukolukulapalliTR]

Getting the below error while running buildx from Docker 20.10.24 images.

As per the below doc, Buildx is integrated as a CLI plugin and can be accessed through the Docker buildx command.

https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/20.10/#201024

Errors:

[Container] 2025/12/01 15:22:07.813365 Running command docker version Client: Version: 20.10.24 API version: 1.41 Go version: go1.19.7 Git commit: 297e128 Built: Tue Apr 4 18:17:06 2023 OS/Arch: linux/amd64 Context: default Experimental: true

Server: Docker Engine - Community Engine: Version: 20.10.24 API version: 1.41 (minimum version 1.12) Go version: go1.19.7 Git commit: 5d6db84 Built: Tue Apr 4 18:23:02 2023 OS/Arch: linux/amd64 Experimental: false containerd: Version: v1.6.20 GitCommit: 2806fc10573xxxxsdsfsfss7bddfbd388f38 runc: Version: 1.1.12-0ubuntu2~20.04.1 GitCommit: docker-init: Version: 0.19.0 GitCommit: de40ad0

[Container] 2025/12/01 15:22:09.174912 Running command docker buildx create --use unknown flag: --use See 'docker --help'.

Usage: docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND

[tianon]

FWIW, docker:20.10 has been EOL/deprecated here for at least two years (a3ca225e9c0e568cf87a7b60c951b939c3964c91 / https://github.com/docker-library/docker/pull/426), so moving to a supported version is highly recommended.

That being said, the 20.10 images all include buildx (specifically version 0.10.4, as seen below):

$ docker run -it --rm --pull=always docker:20.10-dind buildx version
20.10-dind: Pulling from library/docker
Digest: sha256:af96c680a7e1f853ebdd50c1e0577e5df4089b033102546dd6417419564df3b5
Status: Image is up to date for docker:20.10-dind
github.com/docker/buildx v0.10.4 c513d34049e499c53468deac6c4267ee72948f02

$ docker run -it --rm --pull=always docker:20.10-cli buildx version
20.10-cli: Pulling from library/docker
Digest: sha256:2967f0819c84dd589ed0a023b9d25dcfe7a3c123d5bf784ffbb77edf55335f0c
Status: Image is up to date for docker:20.10-cli
github.com/docker/buildx v0.10.4 c513d34049e499c53468deac6c4267ee72948f02

$ docker run -it --rm --pull=always docker:20.10 buildx version
20.10: Pulling from library/docker
Digest: sha256:2967f0819c84dd589ed0a023b9d25dcfe7a3c123d5bf784ffbb77edf55335f0c
Status: Image is up to date for docker:20.10
github.com/docker/buildx v0.10.4 c513d34049e499c53468deac6c4267ee72948f02