Permission denied when trying to install compose on Ubuntu

Docker Engine Compose
1

Hello

I am trying to install Compose, and am following the instructions on https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/
However, when I run

curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.1.0/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

I get Permission denied, even when I use sudo.

How can I fix this?

Thanks

2

Ok, I actually got a little further by using:

curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.1.0/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` >sudo  /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

However, now I get:

curl: (3) <url> malformed
3

Try this:

sudo curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.1.0/docker-compose-Linux-x86_64 > docker-compose

and then mv the file into /usr/local/bin
and chmod it to make executable. Worked for me.

Do:
uname -s
if you’re not running on linux

4

The sudo is not going to work as expected. You can read more about this on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1544087

That aside, I am still getting the following:

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   405    0   405    0     0    564      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   565
100 5134k  100 5134k    0     0   645k      0  0:00:07  0:00:07 --:--:-- 1198k
curl: (3) <url> malformed
5

I installed it that way yesterday.

Which command did you issue in curl?

6

I used

 curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.1.0/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
7

Now I used:

sudo wget https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.1.0/docker-compose-Linux-x86_64 -O /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

And that seemed to have worked.

8

Honestly, I don’t understand why it is so difficult to install docker and docker-compose (so far) I mean this is an app that only works in linux and sure there are lots of varieties but ubuntu is a BIG on.
Why do I have to dig around, read troubleshooting tickets and who knows what, just to install the thing???
Now, I come from windows which is a big mark against me but for the love of god, can’t you get your own software to run on the leading OS? Even MS can pull that off, most times.

9

Hi There,
I’m facing the same problem when installing on Debian (wheezy), not sure if this solution is correct or if it’s just a workaround.
I will try this solution just to proceed but not knowing if this is the correct solution is a bit of a gamble.

Can somebody please explain why it happens and what is the correct solution.

Cheers

10

sudo -i should be first inserted before going for the below command

curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.1.0/docker-compose-uname -s-uname -m> /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

11

This solution is really working. Recommended by myself :wink: