Install Docker Compose on Ubuntu 22.04

Docker Compose is a tool that allows to define and run multi-container Docker applications. YAML file is used to define and configure services. All these services are started with single command.

This tutorial shows how to install Docker Compose on Ubuntu 22.04.

Prepare environment

Make sure you have installed Docker. You can read post how to install it.

Install Docker Compose

Download binary file from releases page of the Docker Compose repository:

sudo curl -Lo /usr/local/bin/docker-compose https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-Linux-x86_64

Assign executable permissions to the downloaded binary file:

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

You can check the Docker Compose version:

docker-compose --version

Testing Docker Compose

To test that the Docker Compose successfully installed, you can run the hello-world image with Docker Compose.

Create a new directory for the project:

mkdir test

Go to directory:

cd test

Create a YAML configuration file:

nano docker-compose.yml

Add the following content to a file:

version: '3.8'
services:
   hello-world:
      image:
         hello-world:latest

Launch the container using the following command:

docker-compose up

Docker Compose downloads a test image and runs it in a container. In this case, hello-world image is used, so the above command prints the message and exits.

Uninstall Docker Compose

If you want to completely remove Docker Compose, just delete the binary file:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/docker-compose