How to install Laravel 5.2

Question

I am installing the Laravel framework in directory /var/html/www , using command

php composer.phar global require "laravel/installer"

It changes installation directory automatically, shown message is:

Changed current directory to /home/.composer

What is the reason? Do I need to add any other command?

Answer 1

This is because you installed the Laravel installer with global , which makes it globally available for all projects and installs it to /home/.composer .

This should be all right because it is only Laravel's installer and not a Laravel project which should be created in a later step (see below) and this should be installed in your /var/html/www then.

Run the following command in your /var/html/www to create a new project (doesn't need Laravel installer):

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel YourProjectName 5.2

or use the Laravel installer

laravel new YourProjectName

For more info how to install Laravel see the documentation here .

Answer 2

让使用

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel project_name "5.2.*"

Answer 3

1) change the permission of your directory to allow CRUD. Open Terminal and paste this command

sudo chmod -R o+rw /var/html/www

2) update the package manager cache by running:

sudo apt-get update

3) cd to your directory to check if composer json does exist

cd /var/html/www

and type

composer

4) To install composer in your directory run

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

5) To test if it's installed run

composer

6) Now install laravel 5.2 in your directory (/var/html/www)

composer create-project laravel/laravel ProjectName 5.2 --prefer-dist