docker-compose command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

docker-compose: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: docker-compose: command not found

Solutions to docker-compose: command not found

How To Fix docker-compose: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu docker-compose is provided by docker-compose package.

docker-compose is:

docker-compose is a service management software built on top of docker. Define your services and their relationships in a simple YAML file, and let compose handle the rest.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install docker-compose

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install docker-compose.

sudo apt -y install docker-compose

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install docker-compose

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix docker-compose command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.