Docker Compose Installation on Ubuntu

Here is a guide to install Docker on Ubuntu.

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Install docker-compose and its dependencies

Install docker

First, make sure docker is installed on your system by running the following command:

docker -v

You should see output similar to:

# Docker version 25.0.3, build 4debf41

If Docker is not installed, refer to the following instructions here.

Install docker-compose

Note: check the last available version on GitHub

If you want to install a specific version, you can set the VERSION variable to the desired version.

If you want to install the latest version, you can run the following command:

LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/docker/compose/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name"' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')

Then, you can run the following command to install docker-compose:

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/$LATEST_VERSION/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Verify the installation

To verify that docker-compose is installed correctly, run the following command:

docker-compose -v

You should see output similar to:

# Docker Compose version v2.27.0

Note

The docker-compose version may vary depending on the latest release.