Best way to install of docker-compose

It’ happens a lot if you are using a docker-compose tool for the development or deployment. What if you are on different machine that doesn’t have a docker-compose installed and you need this tool right away. How can you install docker-compose quickly and simply as possible?

tl;dr #

sudo wget -P /usr/local/bin/  \
https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.28.4/docker-compose-Linux-x86_64 \
&& sudo mv /usr/local/bin/docker-compose-Linux-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/docker-compose\
&& sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Option 1: pip #

A simple no brain method to install a docker-compose problem here is that - you need python3 + pip installed. And also using this method some linux ditros will install old docker-compose version. Then you get that annoying error lower version in docker-compose file to 3.3.

There is way more better way to install it.

Option 2: curl (no dependency) #

This method has great advantege that you don’t have to install python3 or pip and you get the lastest version. All you need are tools all distros have alraedy have preinstalled. curl

Here is a quite long command:

sudo wget -P /usr/local/bin/  \
https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.28.4/docker-compose-Linux-x86_64 \
&& sudo mv /usr/local/bin/docker-compose-Linux-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/docker-compose\
&& sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

But that’s it you already have it done. As I said before this method problem is long unmemorable command so it’s nice you have to stored somewhere.

Oh and btw. If you use sudo usermod -aG docker $user command and docker ps is still not working for you then you can use: newgrp docker.

Bonus: docker print #

What I also recommend better docker print where you can have much cleaner print. Edit config in path .docker/config where you need to put:

{
  "psFormat": "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Names}}"
}

Which will result in such a nice clean output:

bf1e56aab271        Up 3 weeks             web-server
efaf62aae85d        Up 5 weeks             nextcloud
454767aabe2b        Up 5 weeks (healthy)   cloudflared
fb1107aa2077        Up 5 weeks (healthy)   pihole

Cheers