docker compose up -d: unknown shorthand flag: 'd' in -d

[light-and-ray]

I'm following the quickstart guide with docker, and of course it doesn't work. I always have problems with docker

This specific problem is the strangest I've seen

$ docker compose up -d
unknown shorthand flag: 'd' in -d

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

Run 'docker --help' for more information

There is literally nothing in the entire Internet on this Docker error. It should be there if it's a feature from a new version or similar

Docker doesn't stop surprising me how anti-userfriendly it is in spite of everybody says the opposite 🤦🏻‍♀️

[light-and-ray]

Okay, I'm starting figuring out. I also need to install "docker-compose"
On Manjaro:

sudo pacman -S docker-compose

Then I see this

$ docker compose up -d
WARN[0000] The "UID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "GID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "UID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "GID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "UID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "GID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
unable to get image 'mongo': permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon sck/v1.51/images/mongo/json": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied

This issue I've already encountered, I need to add my user into a group

sudo usermod -a -G docker $USER

Then reboot/relogin

It's installing, hope for the best

$ docker compose up -d
WARN[0000] The "UID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "GID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "UID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "GID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "UID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "GID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
[+] Running 28/55
 ⠇ vectordb [⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀] Pulling                                             48.9s 
 ⠇ api [⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿] 289.7MB / 290.5MB Pulling                                    48.9s 
 ⠇ mongodb [⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀] Pulling                                                     48.9s 
 ⠇ meilisearch [⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀] Pulling                                                   48.9s 
 ⠇ rag_api [⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣿⣿] 270.9MB / 463.3MB Pulling                                 48.9s

Wow, it works

😮‍💨

[light-and-ray]

Btw, maybe you should mention this in the guide?

[danny-avila]

The guide doesn't mention how to install docker as "prerequisite," but you should install the latest version of docker, where docker compose up -d would work:

danny:~/LibreChat$ docker compose up -d
WARN[0000] The "UID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "GID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "UID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "GID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "UID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] The "GID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
WARN[0000] Found orphan containers ([LibreChat-NGINX]) for this project. If you removed or renamed this service in your compose file, you can run this command with the --remove-orphans flag to clean it up. 
[+] Running 3/4
 ✔ Container chat-meilisearch  Created                                                                                                                                                          0.0s 
 ✔ Container vectordb          Running                                                                                                                                                          0.0s 
 ⠸ Container rag_api           Recreate                                                                                                                                                         3.4s 
 ✔ Container chat-mongodb      Created    

Feel free to improve the docs here: https://github.com/LibreChat-AI/librechat.ai/blob/main/pages/docs/local/docker.mdx

Or list a github issue in that repo as feedback.

[light-and-ray]

You can read my answer, I've figured out the problem. I think the biggest failure of the guide is that it mentions "git" and "docker" as dependencies, but actually it also requires "docker-compose" what is a different package/program

[danny-avila]

Starting with Docker Desktop and newer versions of Docker Engine, Docker Compose functionality is now built-in as a Docker CLI plugin, so compose is included in the latest version of docker, and the command docker compose would work without additional installation of docker-compose. Hope that makes sense.