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Error on Ubuntu 21

Posted on November 15, 2021

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How to Install Docker Compose on Ubuntu (Step-by-Step Guide)

I get this message after installing and using chmod to change the permissions. /usr/local/bin/docker-compose: line 1: Not: command not found

Docker is installed and running fine per the systemctl command.



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Hi @jgooch,

Are you sure docker-compose is in /usr/local/bin/? Maybe it’s in another directory.

In order to find it, I would try:

which docker-compose

Additionally, if you just try:

docker-compose

rather than

/usr/local/bin/docker-compose

what happens?

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