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How can I check if docker compose plugin is installed?

I can check if docker is installed through the which docker or command -v docker commands. But I need to check if docker’s compose plugin is installed (I will use it like docker compose up -d later).

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  1. 0

    You can just check for docker-compose version docker-compose --version

    If docker-compose is not installed, It will throw an error docker-compose in unrecognized.

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    Write on terminal:

    $ docker compose --version

    The return would look like:

    Docker version X.Y.Z, build 95e78f4241

    Source: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/compose/

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    For me it worked a little bit differently, docker compose --version just gave me the CLI options of docker.

    hotfix@localhost:~$ docker -v
Docker version 23.0.1, build a5ee5b1
hotfix@localhost:~$ docker compose version
Docker Compose version v2.16.0

    I am using Ubuntu 22.04.01 LTS and I followed these instructions from Docker for installation.

    ⚠️ Note

    Beware that Docker is currently transitioning from Compose v1 to v2. The older version is called docker-compose which version you can check with:

    docker-compose --version
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