Solve Podman Compose CLI always Return Debug Mode
AH
Ahmad Lukman Hakim
Engineer, Jakarta
publishedJumat, 27 Februari 2026
updatedSabtu, 16 Mei 2026
# podman# linux
Issue:
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Given: Installed
podman-composepackage from the default repository of Ubuntu desktop 24.04 -
Every executed command, the output always brings debug mode like this:
podman-compose version: 1.0.6
['podman', '--version', '']
using podman version: 4.9.3
...
...
exit code: 0
Solve:
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Remove the package:
apt remove podman-compose -
Manually install the binary from the GitHub release
curl -o /usr/local/bin/podman-compose https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containers/podman-compose/main/podman_compose.py
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/podman-compose