make dev Error

[seklure]

Ubuntu 22.04 Kernel 6.1.10
Use make dev command , The error message is as follows:

Starting DEV environment...
make check-env
make[1]: Entering directory '/data/flowsint'
Checking .env files...
make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/flowsint'
make build-dev
make[1]: Entering directory '/data/flowsint'
Building DEV images...
docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml build
unknown shorthand flag: 'f' in -f

Usage: docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARG...]

Run 'docker --help' for more information
make[1]: *** [Makefile:48: build-dev] Error 125
make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/flowsint'
make: *** [Makefile:41: dev] Error 2

[dextmorgn]

Hey @Alexro0t,

We are using docker compose v2 to run containers; it seems you might still be using docker compose v1.

Could you check:

docker version

and

docker compose version

If you don't see something like :

> docker compose version
# Docker Compose version v2.x.x

You are probably out of date. I would suggest to install latest version of docker and docker compose and restart :)

Let me know here if this fixed the problem.

[seklure]

Hey @Alexro0t,

We are using docker compose v2 to run containers; it seems you might still be using docker compose v1.

Could you check:

docker version
and

docker compose version
If you don't see something like :

docker compose version

Docker Compose version v2.x.x

You are probably out of date. I would suggest to install latest version of docker and docker compose and restart :)

Let me know here if this fixed the problem.

This is my docker env.

docker version
Client:
Version: 28.3.1
API version: 1.51
Go version: go1.24.4
Git commit: 38b7060
Built: Wed Jul 2 20:55:19 2025
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Context: default

Server: Docker Engine - Community
Engine:
Version: 28.3.1
API version: 1.51 (minimum version 1.24)
Go version: go1.24.4
Git commit: 5beb93d
Built: Wed Jul 2 20:56:35 2025
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: true
containerd:
Version: v1.7.27
GitCommit: 05044ec0a9a75232cad458027ca83437aae3f4da
runc:
Version: 1.3.3-0ubuntu1~22.04.3
GitCommit:
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0

docker-compose version
Docker Compose version v5.0.2

[dextmorgn]

Can you output this (without the dash):

docker compose version

[seklure]

Can you output this (without the dash):

docker compose version

[dextmorgn]

Yes so you probably are using an older version of docker compose, as the new version command moved from:

docker-compose

to

docker compose

While docker-compose synthax is still supported, I still want to enforce using docker compose as a witness to using a later version.

Two options for you:

• either update your docker setup to docker compose v2 using the official install
• Change occurrences of docker compose with docker-compose in the Makefile. Hopefully this would work with your setup without too much side effects

Let me know how this worked for you !

[seklure]

Yes so you probably are using an older version of docker compose, as the new version command moved from:

docker-compose
to

docker compose
While docker-compose synthax is still supported, I still want to enforce using docker compose as a witness to using a later version.

Two options for you:

• either update your docker setup to docker compose v2 using the official install
• Change occurrences of docker compose with docker-compose in the Makefile. Hopefully this would work with your setup without too much side effects

Let me know how this worked for you !

Did you mean that installing Docker Compose v2 is the way recommended by the official documentation, which involves installing it using the plugin method?
https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/linux/#install-the-plugin-manually

[dextmorgn]

No I meant basically installing the latest version of docker and docker compose, not the plugin.

I would suggest using chatgpt to obtain a step by step guide on how to update your Docker ≥ 20.10.

Let me know

[seklure]

No I meant basically installing the latest version of docker and docker compose, not the plugin.

I would suggest using chatgpt to obtain a step by step guide on how to update your Docker ≥ 20.10.

Let me know

According to the official documentation, the one being used is docker-compose rather than docker componse.

[dextmorgn]

Hi @seklure, have you been able to manage your setup issue ?

[raudy6-C]

im guessing you forgot to install the docker-compose package along with docker (because i did the same thing and got the same error).
try running pacman -Q docker-compose, and if it doesnt return anything run pacman -Syu docker-compose