Docker-compose does not install properly on Ubuntu 14.04—line 1: {error:Not Found}

Question

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and I followed the exact steps of official docker-compose installation manual.

sudo su
curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/VERSION_NUM/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

But unfortunately, executing docker-compose gave me an command not found error.

shibin@87:~$ docker-compose
/usr/local/bin/docker-compose: line 1: {error:Not Found}: command not found

I tried open the /usr/local/bin/docker-compose file and it indeed shows:

{error:Not Found}: command not found

Thus I guess docker-compose not properly installed, anyone has met the same issue?

Answer 1

I had the same issue and the solution was simply:

sudo ln /usr/local/bin/docker-compose /usr/bin

Answer 2

If you have problems installing with curl, you can use pip instead:

pip install -U docker-compose

Then you need apply executable permissions to the binary:

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

Let me know if the problem is fixed or not.