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

Answer 1

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