Error when using Docker Compose on Ubuntu 24.04

[ndisalvio3]

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Expected Behavior

It would install

Current behaviour

It fails with the following error `root@agentgpt:~/AgentGPT# ./setup.sh

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agentgpt-cli@1.0.0 start
node src/index.js

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Welcome to the AgentGPT CLI! This CLI will generate the required .env files.
Copies of the generated envs will be created in ./next/.env and ./platform/.env.

Existing ./next/env file found. Validating...
? How will you be running AgentGPT? 🐋 Docker-compose (Recommended)
node:events:495
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^

Error: spawn docker-compose ENOENT
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:284:19)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:477:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
Emitted 'error' event on ChildProcess instance at:
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:290:12)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:477:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
errno: -2,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'spawn docker-compose',
path: 'docker-compose',
spawnargs: [ 'up', '--build' ]
}

Node.js v18.20.3
root@agentgpt:~/AgentGPT# docker -v
Docker version 26.1.4, build 5650f9b`

Steps to reproduce

1. Run setup.sh
2. Choose the docker-compose option

Possible solution

Change docker-compose up --build to docker compose up --build

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[Curricula93]

same here, tried to install on coolify

[qwertyaya]

I've had the same issue but i've found a fix for me,
I have Kali linux

I didn't have the docker compose plugin, and for some reason when i was trying to install it i couldn't locate the package, so i've installed it manually from the documentation which installs it as "docker compose"

Once i had docker composed plugin, i've changed in all of the files that include "docker-compose" with "docker compose" and it solved the issue, and i've added the shell, basically:

In the index file /cli/src/index.js

from:
if (runOption === "docker-compose") { const dockerComposeUp = spawn("docker-compose", ["up", "--build"], { stdio: "inherit", }); }

To this:
`
if (runOption === "docker compose") {
const dockerComposeUp = spawn("docker", ["compose", "up", "--build"], {
stdio: "inherit",
shell: true,
});

dockerComposeUp.on("error", (error) => {
console.error(Error executing docker compose: ${error.message});
process.exit(1);
});

dockerComposeUp.on("close", (code) => {
if (code !== 0) {
console.error(docker compose exited with code ${code});
process.exit(code);
}
});
}
`
I did it in the other files as-well:

./cli/src/questions/sharedQuestions.js
Hope that helps, sorry for the format

[lucas-azambuja]

ty @qwertyaya!
in my case, the fix runs correctly with small changes:

  if (runOption === "docker-compose") {
    const dockerComposeUp = spawn("docker", ["compose", "up", "--build"], {
      stdio: "inherit",
      shell: true,
    });

    dockerComposeUp.on("error", (error) => {
      console.error(`Error executing docker compose: ${error.message}`);
      process.exit(1);
    });

    dockerComposeUp.on("close", (code) => {
      if (code !== 0) {
        console.error(`docker compose exited with code ${code}`);
        process.exit(code);
      }
    });
  }