# Install the Docker Compose plugin — Install the plugin manually

> > [!WARNING] > > Manual installations don’t auto-update. For ease of maintenance, use the Docker repository method. To download and install the Docker Compose CLI plugin, run Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```console $ DOCKER_CONFIG=${DOCKER_CONFIG:-$HOME/.docker

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&gt; [!WARNING] &gt; &gt; Manual installations don’t auto-update. For ease of maintenance, use the Docker repository method.

To download and install the Docker Compose CLI plugin, run

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ DOCKER_CONFIG=${DOCKER_CONFIG:-$HOME/.docker}
    $ mkdir -p $DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins
    $ curl -SL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/{{% param "compose_version" %}}/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 -o $DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins/docker-compose
```

Apply executable permissions to the binary

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ chmod +x $DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins/docker-compose
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ docker compose version
```

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