How to Install Docker Compose on POP! OS

Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Docker Compose on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin with this tutorial, you should have the following done:

  1. A POP! OS Latest installation or a virtual machine running POP! OS Latest.

Step 1: Install Docker

Before you can install Docker Compose, you must first install Docker on your system. To do this, follow these steps.

  1. Open the terminal on your system using Ctrl + Alt + T.

  2. Add the Docker GPG key to your system:

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
  1. Add the Docker repository to APT sources:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
  1. Update your APT package index:
sudo apt-get update
  1. Install Docker:
sudo apt-get install docker-ce
  1. Verify that Docker is installed correctly by running the following command:
sudo docker run hello-world

If you see a "Hello from Docker!" message in the output, then Docker is installed correctly.

Step 2: Install Docker Compose

To install Docker Compose, follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal on your system using Ctrl + Alt + T.

  2. Install the latest version of Docker Compose by running the following command:

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/[VERSION]/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Note: replace [VERSION] with the latest version of Docker Compose.

  1. Apply executable permissions to the Docker Compose binary:
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
  1. Verify that Docker Compose is installed correctly by running the following command:
docker-compose --version

If you see the version of Docker Compose that you just installed, then Docker Compose is installed correctly.

Conclusion

You have now installed Docker Compose on your POP! OS Latest system. You can now use Docker Compose to define and run multi-container Docker applications.