Compose installation: unhelpful error message

Author: sebastian-philippCreated Feb 21, 2025Updated Sep 20, 2026
Labelsarea/extension/docker 🐳area/brew

Bug description

I got an error when installing docker-compose:

Image

Unfortunately it does not really point me to any actionable item:

Unable to install docker-compose binary: Command execution failed with exit code 1: Command execution failed with exit code 1

  • Which command failed?
  • Was there stderr output?
  • Why does it say "failed with exit code 1" twice?

(I'm not super interested in resolving this error, as I can probably just run brew install docker-compose or something else)

Operating system

macos 15.1

Installation Method

Brew (macOS)

Version

1.15.0

Source: podman-desktop/podman-desktop