Installing docker compose in Linux

You can install docker compose in two ways:

1. Install docker-compose binary as is.
2. Install docker compose plugin

Installing docker-compose

To install docker-compose in linux, run the following:

wget https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-linux-$(uname -m)
sudo mv docker-compose-linux-$(uname -m) /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod -v +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

To install docker-compose in MacOS, run the following:

wget https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-darwin-$(uname -m)
sudo mv docker-compose-darwin-$(uname -m) /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod -v +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Verify the version of the docker compose.

docker-compose version

Installing docker compose plugin

For debian linux, run:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-compose-plugin

For RPM based distros, run:

sudo yum update
sudo yum install docker-compose-plugin

Verify the version of the plugin.

docker compose version