compose 🚀 - Binary on darwin fails with "illegal instruction" on some machines

Does run for me and I did the same steps

-> fig --version
fig 0.4.2

Darwin ... 13.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.2.0: Thu Apr 17 23:03:13 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.100.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

leevs on 26 Jun 2014

@tomstuart Are you still getting this error?

I am getting the same.

Mid 2009 13-inch 10.9.3

wlaurance on 27 Jun 2014

@tomstuart have you replaced the system Python with something else? Can you try 0.5.0?

d11wtq on 13 Jul 2014

I have the same issue
Darwin Kernel Version 13.3.0
Python 2.7.8

ndeloof on 6 Aug 2014

was able to solve this by installing python with homebrew then fig with pip

ndeloof on 6 Aug 2014

Can confirm that @ndeloof solution worked for me.

I had installed via curl as per the fig site suggested on a clean reinstall of Mavericks. Got the 'illegal instruction' error.

Mv'd /usr/local/bin/fig. Ran brew python and then pip install fig

All working fine now. (Well, the Rails demo has at least)

rujmah on 2 Oct 2014

Having this issue with OSX version 10.9.5 and Python 2.7.8 for fig 1.0.0. It was solved by using pip to install, rather then curl

sirwolfgang on 20 Oct 2014

@sirwolfgang What is the model of the Mac you are using?

bfirsh on 20 Oct 2014

MacBook Pro 6,2 (15" Mid 2010)

sirwolfgang on 20 Oct 2014

FYI same issue on a 2009 27'' iMac with Core i7 (iMac11,1). Installed via pip instead, seems ok.

mungler on 2 Nov 2014

Same issue here with a 2009 15" MacBook Pro running OSX 10.9.5.

brew install python; pip install fig

worked for me.

ksylvan on 11 Nov 2014

I got the same error @tomstuart had, when trying to curl fig-1.0.1.

Mac OS X 10.10.1
Python 2.7.8
Darwin 14.0.0

Fixed with @ndeloof solution (pip).

tpires on 23 Nov 2014

:+1: for the solution posted by @ndeloof

nesv on 1 Dec 2014

Everyone seems happy with the homebrew/pip solution (and I don’t care any more), so I’ll close this issue.

tomstuart on 1 Dec 2014

I care, Tom.

bfirsh on 1 Dec 2014

In seriousness... we shouldn't be shipping binaries that don't work on some machines. Or, we should at least try and figure out which machines it doesn'tw ork on and give alternate instructions. (E.g. "If you have a processor older than an Intel i5/i7, then you need to use pip.")

bfirsh on 1 Dec 2014

👍4

I have the same problem +1

baptistedonaux on 1 Dec 2014

I saw the same, +1, as requested below:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac11,3
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 3.6 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 6.4 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: IM112.0057.B01
SMC Version (system): 1.59f2

lutnos on 3 Dec 2014

If your additional having the issue, could you please also include the hardware that your using? Rather then just +1ing it.

sirwolfgang on 3 Dec 2014

+1

fig: 1.0.1
python: 2.7.5
OS X: 10.9.5

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook6,1 (Late 2009)
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MB61.00C8.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.51f53

shawndrape on 16 Dec 2014

We hit this over here, too.

pwaller on 16 Jan 2015

I'd really love to see docker-compose working on vanilla OSX.

fig: 1.1.0-rc2
python: 2.7.5
OS X: 10.9.5

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook5,2 (Early 2009)
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz

ramschmaerchen on 4 Feb 2015

:+1:

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,4
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP53.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.49f2

NodeGuy on 6 Feb 2015

$ sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU M 640 @ 2.80GHz

Had the same issue but
brew install python
pip install -U pip
fixed it for me

Not sure why but installing python by downloading their package installer (2.7.9) and install Fig with curl gave me the Illegal instruction: 4 error when running fig --version

tim545 on 8 Feb 2015

"Fixing it" by using 3rd party software is known to work. It also works if I start my virtualbox debian and install fig in there.

ramschmaerchen on 9 Feb 2015

Same issue for me on Yosemite. I have python installed, but not pip. Running the fig 1.0.1 binary downloaded from github resulted in an "Illegal instruction: 4".

To fix it, all I had to do was install pip and then that same fig binary worked. Didn't even need to run "pip install fig" - just executed the fig binary again and the error didn't happen.

I'm doubtful that this is a hardware specific issue. Isn't it more likely that pip installed/updated some library that the raw fig binary depends on?

Has anyone ever been able to run the fig binary, without having pip already installed? Its fairly common to have pip these days...

kulinski on 12 Feb 2015

@kulinski Are you absolutely certain you ran the same binary before and after?

aanand on 13 Feb 2015

@kulinski 's way is not working, at least not on my machine.

Note: docker-compose = fig

Steps:

virtualenv'ed python
installed pip
DL latest fig release
Mv fig to virtualenv
Run fig
Illegal instruction: 4

Oh and yes: I double checked that fig was not installed on my machine. So there is no way I could have run the wrong binary

ramschmaerchen on 13 Feb 2015

+1

$ docker-compose
Illegal instruction: 4

Model : MacBookPro5,5 (13" mid-2009 - Core 2 Duo)
OS : 10.10.2
Python : 2.7.6

But docker-compose works fine on my iMac :
Model : iMac12,2 (27" mid-2011 - Core i5)
OS : 10.9.5
Python : 2.7.5

Actual fig binary worked fine on both up to 1.0.1 !

josephpage on 14 Feb 2015

tryin to build bytecoin using instructions here: http://bytecoin.org/mac-download?binaries
failing with "Illegal instruction: 4" tried to fix using:
brew install python; pip install fig, still no joy
machine details:
Mac mini 2009
Processor 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 5 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB
oftware OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)

voluntaryistonly on 15 Feb 2015

Same problem here.
Fig is working. Docker 1.5 working.
Just installed docker-compose latest and get Illegal Instruction: 4.
Mac Pro 2009 . Yosemite 10.10.2.

Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   .Python                         0x0000000106cce5e6 _PyRandom_Init + 359
1   .Python                         0x0000000106ccbc2b Py_InitializeEx + 345
2   docker-compose                  0x0000000106bd4a13 0x106bd2000 + 10771
3   docker-compose                  0x0000000106bd3f38 0x106bd2000 + 7992
4   docker-compose                  0x0000000106be7cb8 0x106bd2000 + 89272
5   docker-compose                  0x0000000106bd37f4 0x106bd2000 + 6132

dperetti on 26 Feb 2015

After rc2, the same with 1.1 release. :cry:

josephpage on 1 Mar 2015

+1. Fig had worked fine, but the transition to docker-compose was pretty rough. Doing it through pip worked - some combination of removing the curl'd file, installing brew, upgrading things, running pip install, and restarting the terminal.

Model Name: MacBook Pro (this is the mid-late 2007 model. Running 10.10.1.)
Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP31.0070.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.16f11

BrendanBerkley on 6 Mar 2015

+1. Illegal Instruction: 4.

Installing through pip as @BrendanBerkley mentions worked for me

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook6,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MB61.00C8.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.51f53

toriaezunama on 6 Mar 2015

+1

MacBook Pro "Core i5" 2.53 15" Mid-2010
2.53 GHz Core i5 (I5-540M)
Model ID: MacBookPro6,2

Works when installing from brew but I would like to try the new prerelease. https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/tag/1.2.0rc1 but then I get Illegal Instruction: 4.

EloB on 26 Mar 2015

@EloB docker-compose 1.1.0 works perfectly on older Macs when installing with pip install docker-compose

Can you try sudo pip install -U https://github.com/docker/compose/archive/1.2.0rc2.zip ?

josephpage on 26 Mar 2015

As far as I know, OSX does not ship with pip.

ramschmaerchen on 26 Mar 2015

So you can try this, but it seems some dependencies need to be updated with pip :

git clone https://github.com/docker/compose.git
cd compose
sudo python setup.py install

Or install pip with brew : brew install python which updates shipped Python binaries and installs pip.

josephpage on 26 Mar 2015

Thanks installing with pip worked! :)

EloB on 26 Mar 2015

I have an old machine I'm trying to set up as a Docker host. It would be good to get this problem identified so I don't have to install a bunch of otherwise unused dependencies.

The discussion this far implies this is something new to 1.2 but I've verified that the problem also happens in 1.1

jdmarshall on 19 Apr 2015

Using the binary throws:

[1]    10956 illegal hardware instruction  docker-compose

And after installing from pip (with python 3.4.3), it throws:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/Arthur/.pyenv/versions/3.4.3/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 612, in _build_master
    ws.require(__requires__)
  File "/Users/Arthur/.pyenv/versions/3.4.3/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 918, in require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
  File "/Users/Arthur/.pyenv/versions/3.4.3/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 810, in resolve
    raise VersionConflict(dist, req).with_context(dependent_req)
pkg_resources.ContextualVersionConflict: (requests 2.4.3 (/Users/Arthur/.pyenv/versions/3.4.3/lib/python3.4/site-packages), Requirement.parse('requests>=2.5.2'), {'docker-py'})

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/Arthur/.pyenv/versions/3.4.3/bin/docker-compose", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/Users/Arthur/.pyenv/versions/3.4.3/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3018, in <module>
    working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
  File "/Users/Arthur/.pyenv/versions/3.4.3/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 614, in _build_master
    return cls._build_from_requirements(__requires__)
  File "/Users/Arthur/.pyenv/versions/3.4.3/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 627, in _build_from_requirements
    dists = ws.resolve(reqs, Environment())
  File "/Users/Arthur/.pyenv/versions/3.4.3/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 810, in resolve
    raise VersionConflict(dist, req).with_context(dependent_req)
pkg_resources.ContextualVersionConflict: (requests 2.4.3 (/Users/Arthur/.pyenv/versions/3.4.3/lib/python3.4/site-packages), Requirement.parse('requests>=2.5.2'), {'docker-py'})

I'm using an iMac with Yosemite, and I'd like to use docker-compose you know :/

haggen on 24 Apr 2015

Hi Haggen,

You should try update requests package try to use 'pip install --upgrade requests==2.5.2' and install docker-py too

rfranca86 on 30 Apr 2015

@rfranca86 I got it working by using python 2.7.9, then simply pip install docker-compose and done! But I'm gonna try what you say later, thanks!

haggen on 30 Apr 2015

Installing via pip worked for me too.

marcio0 on 2 May 2015

When running docker compose on Mac OS 10.7.5 (Mac Pro Mid 2010)
Error:
Illegal instruction: 4

Fix:
brew install python
pip install docker-compose

Does not work. Re-installing using

curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.2.0/docker-compose-uname -s-uname -m > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

also does not work.

bparanj on 13 Jun 2015

Download https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.9/python-2.7.9-macosx10.6.pkg installer.
Install Python 2.7.9
pip install docker-compose also fails.

bparanj on 13 Jun 2015

This is happening because by default, Homebrew builds Python with all of the optimizations that the build machine can support. Assuming the build is happening on a Mac with a Sandy Bridge or newer processor, those optimizations will include the use of AVX instructions. So the solution is to configure Homebrew to only use safe optimizations; I'd suggest "-O2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer" and nothing more.

mwcampbell on 19 Jun 2015

pip installed successfully but i've got the following error while starting docker-compose:

$ docker-compose up
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/docker-compose", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
...
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: six>=1.3.0,<2

joernroeder on 22 Jun 2015

i've updated to docker-compose 1.3.1 which fixed my issues.

joernroeder on 22 Jun 2015

cURL install method is not working for everyone as it seems... I also get the

Error:
Illegal instruction: 4

Funny thing is that I was going to install first with pip... Why not display pip as the default install method in the docker website? Whatever...

telemakhos on 8 Jul 2015

Installed 1.3.3 (latest release) with curl and getting this error:

$ docker-compose up
Illegal instruction: 4

OS X 10.9.5 MBP Late 2008

burnash on 25 Jul 2015

I struggled for two days and finally got. it. Use home-brew:

brew install docker
brew install docker-compose

but take care to get rid of whatever you installed beforehand and, may be, use

brew link --force openssl

but I am not sure whether the latter is necessary.

Got the idea because somebody somewhere stated that home-brew does not provide docker-compose

OSX 10.10.4 MBP Late 2007

apoigne on 25 Jul 2015

Thanks, @apoigne. Your solution works for me.

burnash on 25 Jul 2015

You are welcome

Axel

apoigne on 25 Jul 2015

Does anyone care to read the thread? This one is going in circles. It was "always" working with non-vanilla solutions like brew. This is not why this thread was created. It was created MORE THAN A YEAR AGO to highlight it non-working on VANILLA OSX.

ramschmaerchen on 27 Jul 2015

I followed @josephpage and installed docker-compose from source :

$ git clone https://github.com/docker/compose.git
$ cd compose
$ sudo python setup.py install
$ docker-compose --version
docker-compose version: 1.4.0dev

lc3t35 on 29 Jul 2015

@aanand it would be great if we had specific system requirements in terms of software / libraries. A lot of people posted their specs here. Do we have any idea why it does not work exactly? Sorry if I missed them if we do.

ramschmaerchen on 1 Aug 2015

Yes, we do know why it doesn't work. As I posted earlier, the problem is that the Compose binary package for OS X uses the Python package from Homebrew. By default, Homebrew enables all of the CPU-specific compiler optimizations that are supported by the processor on the build machine. Specifically, assuming the build is done on a Mac with a Sandy Bridge or later processor, the version of Python compiled by Homebrew will use AVX. So the solution is to configure Homebrew at build time to use a more conservative set of optimizations. Someone needs to figure out how to do this in the Compose build scripts for OS X.

mwcampbell on 1 Aug 2015

Thanks @mwcampbell. This is the Homebrew formula we use:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew/1681e193e4d91c9620c4901efd4458d9b6fcda8e/Library/Formula/python.rb

I'm not sure how to configure Homebrew to disable AVX optimizations.

I have determined the CFLAGS passed when compiling Python:

$ /usr/local/bin/python
Python 2.7.9 (default, May  2 2015, 03:33:28) 
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 5.1 (clang-503.0.40)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sysconfig
>>> sysconfig.get_config_var('CFLAGS')
'-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes'

But I'm not sure which, if any of those, are the culprits, or how to disable them. Other than just downloading Python and compiling it ourselves. Certainly an option.

aanand on 3 Aug 2015

Came here to say +1.

Fixed it by uninstalling docker, boot2docker and fig, installing dockertoolbox, running it so the default machine gets initialized, remove dockertoolbox and install docker, docker-compose and docker-machine.

Then I had to install openssl and force link it.

Not the way it should be but at least it works on a MacbookPro5,3 and OS X 10.9.5

brew remove docker boot2docker fig
brew cask install dockertoolbox
# run the docker toolbox app to initialize the default machine
brew cask remove dockertoolbox
brew install docker docker-compose docker-machine
brew install openssl
brew link --force openssl

coaxial on 16 Aug 2015

👍2

@Coaxial
Error: No available Cask for docker. Did you mean one of:
boot2docker boot2docker-status docker-compose docker-machine dockertoolbox

dacz on 1 Sep 2015

@dacz my bad, it should be brew install docker docker-compose docker-machine, not brew cask ...

coaxial on 1 Sep 2015

Fixed after install compose with pip (osx 10.11)
sudo pip install -U docker-compose

claytonmarinho on 12 Oct 2015

I had same problem on a Macbook Pro Mid 2010,

I had the problem by installing from toolbox, I then tried the 1.4.2 version from brew install docker-compose and manual install from this:

curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.4.2/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

That was still failing.

I confirm this works:

sudo pip install -U docker-compose

Successfully installed PyYAML-3.11 docker-compose-1.4.2 docker-py-1.3.1 dockerpty-0.3.4 docopt-0.6.2 requests-2.6.2 six-1.10.0 texttable-0.8.3 websocket-client-0.32.0

GabLeRoux on 14 Oct 2015

sudo pip install -U docker-compose works for removing the Illegal instruction: 4 for me.
Getting python errors now when running docker-compose:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/docker-compose", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 2603, in <module>
    working_set.require(__requires__)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 666, in require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 565, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req)  # XXX put more info here
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: six>=1.3.0,<2

Installing sudo pip install distribute worked to fix the issue :)

antek-drzewiecki on 26 Oct 2015

Our new "install using pip" instructions suggest using a virtualenv to mitigate problems like this.

@antek-drzewiecki (or anyone else that hit this issue) I'd like to see if the binaries we build on travis have this same issue. If you have a minute could you try the master build: https://dl.bintray.com/docker-compose/master/docker-compose-Darwin-x86_64 and let me know if you get the same error.

Thanks!

dnephin on 26 Oct 2015

@dnephin I got my dependencies solved now. So it's not like I'm on a clean install anymore.
I will uninstall the docker-compose pip and use the darwin binary you linked.

The dev version works, the steps I took:

$ sudo pip uninstall docker-compose
 Successfully uninstalled docker-compose-1.4.2

$ docker
docker          docker-machine  


$ curl -L https://dl.bintray.com/docker-compose/master/docker-compose-Darwin-x86_64  > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
$ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
$ docker-compose --version
docker-compose version: 1.5.0dev

antek-drzewiecki on 26 Oct 2015

@antek-drzewiecki Thank you for trying it out! I think we should use these binaries for the release from now on.

dnephin on 26 Oct 2015

@dnephin : It works on my config also :

Hackintosh on El Capitan 10.10
CPU : Core i7-950 (before Sandy bridge so)

Thanks for solving that, hope you'll have time to integrate in the 1.5.0 release :)

dduportal on 1 Nov 2015

Same problem with docker toolbox 1.9 relase, on Mac OS X, running on a 2008 MacPro.

Are the binarys compiled with instruction set which excludes some older CPUs maybe?

koliyo on 4 Nov 2015

@kolis Does the binary from https://dl.bintray.com/docker-compose/master/ work for you?

What version of OSX are you running?

dnephin on 4 Nov 2015

I encountered the same problem after updating docker toolbox to 1.9.

The binary downloaded from https://dl.bintray.com/docker-compose/master/ solved the problem.

OS X 10.11.1 El Capitan
MacBook Pro 15 Mid 2010

dolhana on 6 Nov 2015

@dnephin Yes, the bintray master version works fine, running OS X 10.11.1 (15B42)

koliyo on 6 Nov 2015

For information, it is working fine with my config :

$ ./docker-compose-Darwin-x86_64 -version
docker-compose version: 1.6.0dev
$ sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         950  @ 3.07GHz

BTW I'm on OS X 10.11 and have the latest toolbox (1.9.0c) installed.

@dnephin : what is the integration plan ? Release 1.6.0 ?

Thanks for the fix !

dduportal on 13 Nov 2015

Any progress on this? Still having the error crop up when installed with brew cask on a mid 09 MacBook running Yosemite 10.10.5.

mdtusz on 17 Dec 2015

Installing using pip works for me.

marcio0 on 25 Dec 2015

https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.5.2/docker-compose-Darwin-x86_64

=> illegal hardware instruction

https://dl.bintray.com/docker-compose/master/:docker-compose-Darwin-x86_64

=> WORKING

janeczku on 11 Jan 2016

Same problem in 1.6 release of docker-compose, and again, the bintray binary works

koliyo on 28 Jan 2016

Same here. Running a Mac Pro 5,1 with 10.11.2. Bintray works.

jayfk on 30 Jan 2016

We see this on OS X 10.10.5

schmunk42 on 1 Feb 2016

Running a Mac Pro 5,1 with 10.11.2. Bintray works.

1.6.0 in docker-toolbox is still broken.

jayfk on 7 Feb 2016

👍1

Can we at least change the download and install instructions on the main website? It's silly to have official how-to's that don't work.

jdmarshall on 8 Feb 2016

👍1

Just ran across this. OS X 10.11.3,MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010).

jmreicha on 11 Feb 2016

Just installed on OS X 10.11.3 on a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53GHz, Mid 2009) and I get the "Illegal instruction: 4"

web-bert on 26 Feb 2016

I solved the issue without homebrew in this way:

first, download python official package from here: https://www.python.org/downloads/
will update local python and install pip. Now, in a new terminal session

sudo pip install fig
sudo pip uninstall docker-compose
sudo pip install —upgrade docker-compose
hash -r

Elhodred on 26 Feb 2016

👍1

@Elhodred Which version of Python? 2 or 3?

web-bert on 26 Feb 2016

Python 2

Elhodred on 26 Feb 2016

Thanks @Elhodred it works!

ozlerhakan on 19 Mar 2016

Just ran into this on a mid-2010 Macbook pro

  Model Name:   MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2
  Processor Name:   Intel Core i7
  Processor Speed:  2.66 GHz
  Number of Processors: 1
  Total Number of Cores:    2
  L2 Cache (per Core):  256 KB
  L3 Cache: 4 MB
  Memory:   8 GB
  Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
  Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B11
  SMC Version (system): 1.58f17

mattolson on 21 Mar 2016

This should now be fixed in the 1.7.0 release candidate.

aanand on 25 Mar 2016

Apologies, that link's broken. Correct URL:

https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/tag/1.7.0-rc1

aanand on 25 Mar 2016

Can anyone who's experienced this issue confirm whether or not the 1.7.0-rc1 binary fixes the issue for them?

aanand on 31 Mar 2016

yes @aanand it is now fixed. Thanks!

ozlerhakan on 31 Mar 2016

Hello @aanand ! Thanks for fixing that !

i7 950 with El Capitan 10.11.2 and i3 540 with 10.9.4 tested : success !

dduportal on 31 Mar 2016

Fix is working on iMac (Mid 2010). Thanks @aanand. :)

sincraianul on 1 Apr 2016

I can confirm it works in 1.7.0-rc1 and 1.7.0-rc2 on my Mac mini (Mid 2010). Thank you!

WidgetsBurritos on 13 Apr 2016

@aanand I have a similar problem with my own software: we build on new macs but it needs to work on old ones. Your bug is pretty much the top google hit for "Illegal instruction: 4" :) Can you provide some details on your solution to enlighten the Internet? Did you just find old hardware to build on? Or set some compile time flags?

destijl on 13 May 2016

We started building on travisci, which fixes it for newer versions of OSX, but it doesn't run on older versions of OSX.

dnephin on 13 May 2016

Compose: Binary on darwin fails with "illegal instruction" on some machines

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