I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 and I've been trying all possible methods to install Laravel to no avail. Error messages everything I try. I'm now trying the first method in the quickstart documentation, that is, via Laravel Installer, but it says to "Make sure to place the ~/.composer/vendor/bin directory in your PATH so the Laravel executable is found when you run the Laravel command in your terminal." so my question is, how do I do that? This may be a simple question but I'm really frustrated and would appreciate any help.
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To put this folder on the PATH environment variable type
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"
This appends the folder to your existing PATH, however, it is only active for your current terminal session.
If you want it to be automatically set, it depends on the shell you are using. For bash, you can append this line to $HOME/.bashrc using your favorite editor or type the following on the shell
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
In order to check if it worked, logout and login again or execute
source ~/.bashrc
on the shell.
PS: For other systems where there is no ~/.bashrc, you can also put this into ~/.bash_profile
PSS: For more recent laravel you need to put $HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin on the PATH.
PSSS: If you want to put this folder on the path also for other shells or on the GUI, you should append the said export command to ~/.profile (cf. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables).
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In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with composer globally installed, this worked for me.
Edit the .bashrc file in your home directory puting the path to the composer bin folder that is located in /your/home/.config/composer/vendor/bin
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
If not works, verify the path to the composer bin directory and close and reopen the terminal. Otherwise, try to logoff and login in the Ubuntu.
Also works in ubuntu 18.04. Thanks @chifliiiii for your feedback.
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This is for setting PATH on Mac OS X Version 10.9.5.
I have tried to add $HOME because I use user profile :
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
When you do not use user profile:
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:~/.composer/vendor/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
Then reload:
source ~/.bashrc
I hope this help you.
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Open the Mac Terminal:
vi ~/.bashrc
If you haven't used vi, it may look a little funny at first, so enter the following code carefully, in order:
i
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"
PRESS ESC
:
w
PRESS ENTER
:
q
PRESS ENTER
Now you should have returned to the normal terminal view.
Check that composer now has the correct path:
cd ~/.composer
echo $PATH
If you see the path including your file directory, (e.g. /Users/JeffStrongman/.composer/vendor/bin), you're good to go.
cd
Then run your installation. I ran into this problem, while configuring my Mac to use Laravel Valet.
Example (optional)
valet install
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add environment variable into bashrc file
For Ubuntu 17.04 and 17.10:
echo 'export PATH="~/.config/composer/vendor/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
For Ubuntu 18.04
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
to Check environment variable working or not first reload the bashrc file
source ~/.bashrc
if not working any method then First Check Where is install Composer to Check Run This Command :
locate composer -l 1
then Copy Output add output into this line and run again command.
echo 'export PATH="OUTPUTHERE/vendor/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
After Successfully Laravel Command Work Give a Permission To Parent Folder (for example u are using apache server than give permission to apache web listing directory like that)
sudo chown $USER:$USER -R /var/www/html/
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Adding export PATH="$PATH:~/.composer/vendor/bin" to ~/.bashrc works in your case because you only need it when you run the terminal.
For the sake of completeness, appending it to PATH in /etc/environment (sudo gedit /etc/environment and adding ~/.composer/vendor/bin in PATH) will also work even if it is called by other programs because it is system-wide environment variable.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables
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MacOS Sierra User:
make sure you delete MAAP and MAAP Pro from Application folder if you have it installed on your computer
be in root directory cd ~
check homebrew (if you have homebrew installed) OR have PHP up to date
brew install php70
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"' >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
cat .bash_profile
make sure this is showing : export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"
laravel
now it should be global
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The Composer bin directory is set and stored in bin-dir config variable and can be different depending on your setup. Running the command composer global config bin-dir --absolute will tell you the absolute path to your global composer bin directory. Using this command you can modify your .bash_profile to add it to your PATH exactly how it is configured.
# Add Composer bin-dir to PATH if it is installed.
command -v composer >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
COMPOSER_BIN_DIR=$(composer global config bin-dir --absolute 2> /dev/null)
PATH="$PATH:$COMPOSER_BIN_DIR";
}
export PATH
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To solve this problem make sure you find the path of composer.phar first
example mine is something like this
alias composer="php /Users/Your-username/composer.phar"
Go to cd Users > Your user > Command ls and see if composer.phar is there if yes then add the above line to your .bash_profile. Make sure you change the username to your own.
Hope this help you out
