Difference between revisions of "Composer and NPM"
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This is the easiest way to get Composer set up on your machine. | This is the easiest way to get Composer set up on your machine. | ||
The installer will download composer for you and set up your PATH environment variable so you can simply call <code>composer</code> from any directory. | The installer will download composer for you and set up your PATH environment variable so you can simply call <code>composer</code> from any directory. | ||
Download and run <googa>https://getcomposer.org/Composer-Setup.exe|Composer-Setup.exe</googa> - it will install the latest composer version whenever it is executed.[https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md] | Download and run <googa>https://getcomposer.org/Composer-Setup.exe|Composer-Setup.exe</googa> - it will install the latest composer version whenever it is executed.[https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md] | ||
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The first step is to download Composer, which will effectively create a Phar (PHP Archive) file called composer.phar. From your terminal, run the following command: | The first step is to download Composer, which will effectively create a Phar (PHP Archive) file called composer.phar. From your terminal, run the following command: | ||
<pre>curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php</pre> | <pre>curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php</pre> | ||
The resulting file will be called composer.phar, a PHP Archive that can be executed directly via PHP. However, in our case, we want Composer to be accessible globally by simply typing composer. To do this, move it to /usr/bin/ and create an alias: | The resulting file will be called composer.phar, a PHP Archive that can be executed directly via PHP. However, in our case, we want Composer to be accessible globally by simply typing <code>composer</code>. To do this, move it to /usr/bin/ and create an alias: | ||
<pre>sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/ | <pre>sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/ | ||
Revision as of 23:19, 11 July 2016
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Introduction
Composer is a tool for dependency management in PHP. It allows you to declare the libraries your project depends on and it will manage (install/update) them for you.
Installation
Windows
This is the easiest way to get Composer set up on your machine.
The installer will download composer for you and set up your PATH environment variable so you can simply call composer from any directory.
Download and run Composer-Setup.exe - it will install the latest composer version whenever it is executed.[1]
Linux & MacOS
The first step is to download Composer, which will effectively create a Phar (PHP Archive) file called composer.phar. From your terminal, run the following command:
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
The resulting file will be called composer.phar, a PHP Archive that can be executed directly via PHP. However, in our case, we want Composer to be accessible globally by simply typing composer. To do this, move it to /usr/bin/ and create an alias:
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/ vim ~/.bash_profile
Add this to your .bash_profile. It may be empty or non-existent, so go ahead and create it:
alias composer="php /usr/local/bin/composer.phar"
Now, relaunch your terminal and you'll be able to access Composer simply by calling composer
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