Btukfyl

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.

If you want to follow the instructions on the Docker site, you should remove the existing docker-compose with

sudo apt-get remove 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)

Then download and change permissions to your favorite $PATH-accessible location:

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 +x $DESTINATION

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.

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 (if you´re on Linux) 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.

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)" > ./docker-compose

sudo mv ./docker-compose /usr/bin/docker-compose

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

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' && echo`/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

use this from command line: sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.22.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -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