Installing Docker Compose on Ubuntu 24

Complete guide to installing and managing Docker Compose on Linux systems. Installation from Repository For Debian/Ubuntu-based Systems sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install docker-compose-plugin For RHEL/CentOS-based Systems sudo yum check-update sudo yum install docker-compose-plugin For Fedora-based Systems sudo dnf update sudo dnf install docker-compose-plugin Updating the Plugin Update on Ubuntu/Debian sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade docker-compose-plugin Update on RHEL/CentOS sudo yum update docker-compose-plugin Manual Installation Direct Download of the Binary DOCKER_CONFIG=${DOCKER_CONFIG:-$HOME/.docker} mkdir -p $DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins curl -SL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.25.0/docker-compose-linux-$(uname -m) -o $DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins/docker-compose chmod +x $DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins/docker-compose Global Installation (for all users) sudo curl -SL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.25.0/docker-compose-linux-$(uname -m) -o /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose sudo chmod +x /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose