How to Install and use Docker Compose on Ubuntu 24.10

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Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. With Compose, you use a Compose file to configure your application's services. Then, using a single command, you create and start all the services from your configuration.

Update Your System

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First, make sure your package list is up to date,

apt update -y

apt upgrade -y

Install Docker

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If Docker is not already installed on your system, you can install it using the following commands,

apt install docker.io

Output:

root@server:~# apt install docker.io
Installing:                     
  docker.io

Installing dependencies:
  bridge-utils  containerd  dns-root-data  dnsmasq-base  pigz  runc  ubuntu-fan

Suggested packages:
  ifupdown  aufs-tools  cgroupfs-mount  | cgroup-lite  debootstrap  docker-buildx  docker-compose-v2  docker-doc  rinse  zfs-fuse  | zfsutils

Summary:
  Upgrading: 0, Installing: 8, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
  Download size: 71.8 MB
  Space needed: 272 MB / 44.9 GB available

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Install Docker Compose

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To install Docker Compose, you can use the below commands. You may need to download the latest version of Docker Compose from the official GitHub repository,

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

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Output:

root@server:~# curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100 61.0M  100 61.0M    0     0  33.2M      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:-- 52.4M

The above command will download and install the latest version of Docker Compose.

Verify Docker Compose Version

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Check if Docker Compose was installed successfully by running,

docker-compose --version

Output:

root@server:~# docker-compose --version
Docker Compose version v2.30.1

Done.