How to upgrade docker-compose to latest version

Question

I have installed docker-compose using the command  sudo apt install docker-compose  It installed docker-compose version 1 8 0 and build unknown  I need the latest version of docker-compose or at least a version of 1 9 0  Can anyone please let me know what approach I should take to upgrade it or uninstall and re-install the latest version   I have checked the docker website and can see that they are recommending this to install the latest version   sudo curl -L https   github com docker compose releases download 1 21 0 docker-compose-  uname -s -  uname -m  -o  usr local bin docker-compose  But before that  I have to uninstall the present version  which can be done using the command   sudo rm  usr local bin docker-compose  but this can be used only when the installation was done using curl  I am not sure if the installation was done by curl as I have used   sudo apt install docker-compose  Please let me know what should I do now to uninstall and re-install the docker-compose

User · Answer

The easiest way to have a permanent and sustainable solution for the Docker Compose installation and the way to upgrade it, is to just use the package manager pip with:

pip install docker-compose

I was searching for a good solution for the ugly "how to upgrade to the latest version number"-problem, which appeared after you´ve read the official docs - and just found it occasionally - just have a look at the docker-compose pip package - it should reflect (mostly) the current number of the latest released Docker Compose version.

A package manager is always the best solution if it comes to managing software installations! So you just abstract from handling the versions on your own.

User · Answer

If you installed with pip  to upgrade you can just use    pip install --upgrade docker-compose   or as Mariyo states with pip3 explicitly    pip3 install --upgrade docker-compose

User · Answer

If the above methods aren t working for you  then refer to this answer  https   stackoverflow com a 40554985  curl -L  https   github com docker compose releases download 1 22 0 docker-compose-  uname -s -  uname -m    gt    docker-compose sudo mv   docker-compose  usr bin docker-compose sudo chmod  x  usr bin docker-compose

User · Answer

On ubuntu desktop 18 04 2  I have the  local  removed from the path when using the curl command to install the package and it works for me  See above answer by Kshitij

User · Answer

First  remove the old version   If installed via apt-get  sudo apt-get remove docker-compose   If installed via curl  sudo rm  usr local bin docker-compose   If installed via pip  pip uninstall docker-compose   Then find the newest version on the release page at GitHub or by curling the API if you have jq installed  thanks to dragon788 and frbl for this improvement    VERSION   curl --silent https   api github com repos docker compose releases latest   jq  name -r    Finally  download to your favorite  PATH-accessible location and set permissions   DESTINATION  usr local bin docker-compose sudo curl -L https   github com docker compose releases download   VERSION  docker-compose-  uname -s -  uname -m  -o  DESTINATION sudo chmod 755  DESTINATION

User · Answer

Based on  eric-johnson s answer  I m currently using this in a script      bin bash compose version   curl https   api github com repos docker compose releases latest   jq  name -r  output   usr local bin docker-compose  curl -L https   github com docker compose releases download  compose version docker-compose-  uname -s -  uname -m  -o  output chmod  x  output echo   docker-compose --version    it grabs the latest version from the GitHub api

User · Answer

I was trying to install docker-compose on  Ubuntu 16 04 5 LTS  but after installing it like this   sudo curl -L  https   github com docker compose releases download 1 26 0 docker-compose-  uname -s -  uname -m   -o  usr local bin docker-compose   I was getting      -bash   usr local bin docker-compose  Permission denied   and while I was using it with sudo I was getting      sudo  docker-compose  command not found   So here s the steps that I took and solved my problem   sudo curl -L  https   github com docker compose releases download 1 26 0 docker-compose-  uname -s -  uname -m   -o  usr local bin docker-compose sudo ln -sf  usr local bin docker-compose  usr bin docker-compose sudo chmod  x  usr bin docker-compose

User · Answer

use this from command line  sudo curl -L  quot https   github com docker compose releases download 1 22 0 docker-compose-  uname -s -  uname -m  quot  -o  usr local bin docker-compose Write down the latest release version Apply executable permissions to the binary  sudo chmod  x  usr local bin docker-compose  Then test version    docker-compose --version

User · Answer

If you have homebrew you can also install via brew    brew install docker-compose   This is a good way to install on a Mac OS system

User · Answer

After a lot of looking at ways to perform this I ended up using jq  and hopefully I can expand it to handle other repos beyond Docker-Compose without too much work     If you have jq installed this will automatically find the latest release binary for your architecture and download it curl --silent  https   api github com repos docker compose releases latest    jq --arg PLATFORM ARCH    echo  uname -s - uname -m    -r   assets     select  name   endswith  PLATFORM ARCH   browser download url    xargs sudo curl -L -o  usr local bin docker-compose --url

User · Answer

Here is another oneliner to install the latest version of docker-compose using  curl and sed   curl -L  https   github com docker compose releases download  curl -fsSLI -o  dev null -w   url effective  https   github com docker compose releases latest   sed  s   tag   g   amp  amp  echo  docker-compose-  uname -s -  uname -m   -o  usr local bin docker-compose  amp  amp  chmod  x  usr local bin docker-compose

User · Answer

If you tried sudo apt-get remove docker-compose and get E  Unable to locate package docker-compose  try this method    This command must return a result  in order to check it is installed here    ls -l  usr local bin docker-compose   Remove the old version    sudo rm -rf docker-compose   Download the last version  check official repo   docker compose releases     sudo curl -L  https   github com docker compose releases download 1 24 0 docker-compose-  uname -s -  uname -m   -o  usr local bin docker-compose    replace 1 24 0 if needed   Finally  apply executable permissions to the binary   sudo chmod  x  usr local bin docker-compose   Check version    docker-compose -v

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