How to Install Docker Compose on Debian 10 Buster

 Docker is a containerization platform that allows you to quickly build, test, and deploy applications as portable, self-sufficient containers that can run virtually anywhere.

Docker Compose is a tool that allows you to define and orchestrate multi-container Docker applications. It uses a YAML file to configure the application’s containers, networks, and volumes.

Compose can be used for various purposes. Single host application deployments, automated testing, and local development are the most popular use cases for Docker Compose.

This tutorial explains how to install the latest version of Docker Compose on Debian 10, Buster. We’ll also explore the basic Docker Compose concepts and commands.

Prerequisites

Before you proceed, make sure that you have met the following prerequisites

• Logged in as a user with sudo privileges .
• You have Docker installed on your Debian 10 machine.

Installing Docker Compose on Debian 10

The Docker Compose installation package is available in the official Debian 10 repositories, but it may not always be the latest version. The recommended approach is to install Docker Compose from the Docker’s GitHub repository.

At the time of writing this article, the latest stable version of Docker Compose is version 1.23.1. Before downloading the Compose binary, visit the Compose repository release page on GitHub and check if there is a new version available for download.

Use the following steps to install the latest version of Docker Compose on Debian 10:

1. Download the Docker Compose binary into the /usr/local/bin directory with wget or curl :

   sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.23.1/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

2. Use chmod to make the Compose binary executable:

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

3. To verify the installation, use the following command which prints the Compose version:

   docker-compose --version

   The output will look something like this:

   docker-compose version 1.23.1, build b02f1306