Laravel PHP Command Not Found

Question

I have installed Laravel using composer without problems, but when I try to execute "laravel" in my terminal I have this typical error:

-bash: laravel: command not found

If I read the documentation of the official site I need to do that:

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.

But I don't know how to do (I'm new on terminal console commands).

Can you help me with that? Thanks!!

Answer 1

Ok, I did that and it works:

nano ~/.bash_profile 

And paste

export PATH=~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH

do source ~/.bash_profile and enjoy ;)

Important: If you want to know the difference between bash_profile and bashrc please check this link

Note: For Ubuntu 16.04 running laravel 5.1, the path is: ~/.config/composer/vendor/bin

On other platforms: To check where your Composer global directory is, run composer global about. Add /vendor/bin to the directory that gets listed after "Changed current directory to ..." to get the path you should add to your PATH.

Answer 2

Add the following to .bashrc file (not .bash_profile).

export PATH="~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH" 

at the end of the file and then in terminal run source ~/.bashrc

To verify that:

echo $PATH

(Restart the terminal, Check & Confirm the path is there)

Run the laravel command!

Note: For Ubuntu 16 and above use below:

export PATH="~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH" 

Answer 3

When using MacBook, refer to the snippets below;

For zsh:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"' >>  ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

For Bash:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Answer 4

Solution on link http://tutsnare.com/laravel-command-not-found-ubuntu-mac/

In terminal

# download installer
composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"
#setting up path
export PATH="~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH" 
# check laravel command
laravel 

# download installer
composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"

nano ~/.bashrc

#add

alias laravel='~/.composer/vendor/bin/laravel'

source ~/.bashrc

laravel

# going to html dir to create project there
cd /var/www/html/
# install project in blog dir.
laravel new blog

Answer 5

If you're using Ubuntu 16.04.

1. You need to find the composer config files in my case is :
   ~/.config/composer or in other cases ~/.composer/
   you can see the dir after this command
   composer global require "laravel/installer"

2. after Laravel Installed you can find your laravel in ~/.config/composer/vendor/laravel/installer/.
   and you will find the Laravel shortcut command in here :
   ~/.config/composer/vendor/bin/

3. set your .bashrc using nano ~/.bashrc and export your composer config file :

   export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin"
   
   or you can use allias. but above solution is recommended.

   alias laravel='~/.config/composer/vendor/laravel/installer/laravel'

4. Now refresh your bashrc using source ~/.bashrc and then laravel is ready!!

above steps works with me in Ubuntu 16.04

Answer 6

Type on terminal:

 composer global require "laravel/installer"

When composer finish, type:

vi ~/.bashrc

Paste and save:

export PATH="~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

Type on terminal:

source ~/.bashrc

Open another terminal window and type: laravel

Answer 7

For zsh and bash:

export PATH="$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

source ~/.zshrc
source ~/.bashrc

For bash only:

export PATH=~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH

source ~/.bashrc

Answer 8

For Developers use zsh Add the following to .zshrc file

vi ~/.zshrc or nano ~/.zshrc

export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

at the end of the file.

zsh doesn't know ~ so instead it by use $HOME.

source ~/.zshrc

Done! try command laravel you will see.

Answer 9

If on mac (and think *nix) just run this in your terminal.

export PATH="~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH" 

Answer 10

For those using Linux with Zsh:

1 - Add this line to your .zshrc file

export PATH="$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

2 - Run

source ~/.zshrc

• Linux path to composer folder is different from Mac
• Use $HOME instead of ~ inside the path with Zsh
• The .zshrc file is hidden in the Home folder
• export PATH= exports the path in quotes so that the Laravel executable can be located by your system
• The :$PATH is to avoid overriding what was already in the system path

Answer 11

For MAC users:

1. Open terminal

cd ~

2. Double check the $PATH

echo $PATH

3. Edit file

nano ~/.bash_profile

4. PASTE

export PATH="~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

Don't forget to put quotation marks.

5. control + X (y + enter to save the file and exit)

Now start vagrant, go to your folder and try:

laravel new yourprojectname

Answer 12

I set the PATH,but it didn't work.I find other way to solve it. (OSX 10.10 & laravel 5.2)
1) find the executable file:

~/.composer/vendor/laravel/installer/laravel 

2) give execute permissions:

chmod +x ~/.composer/vendor/laravel/installer/laravel 

3) make a soft link to /usr/bin:

sudo ln -s /Users/zhao/.composer/vendor/laravel/installer/laravel /usr/bin/laravel

Answer 13

1) First, download the Laravel installer using Composer:

composer global require "laravel/installer"

2) Make sure to place the ~/.composer/vendor/bin directory in your PATH so the laravel executable can be located by your system.

  set PATH=%PATH%;%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\bin

  eg: “C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\bin” 

3) Once installed, the simple laravel new command will create a fresh Laravel installation in the directory you specify.

eG:  laravel new blog

Answer 14

type on terminal:

nano ~/.bash_profile 

then paste:

export PATH="/Users/yourusername/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

then save (press ctrl+c, press Y, press enter)

now you are ready to use "laravel" on your terminal

Answer 15

If you are coming here 2021 this has worked for me also using Ubuntu 16.04

nano ~/.bash_profile 
export PATH=$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH
ctrl+x and save 
source ~/.bash_profile

Answer 16

If you have Composer installed globally, you can install the Laravel installer tool using command below:

composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"

Answer 17

Late answer...

Composer 1.10.1 2020-03-13 20:34:27 laravel --version Laravel Installer 3.0.1

Put export PATH=$PATH:~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH in your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc source ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc This works

Answer 18

Composer should be installed globally: Run this in your terminal:

    mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Now composer commands will work.

Answer 19

My quick way of creating a new project

//install composer locally on web root - run the code from: https://getcomposer.org/download/

Then install laravel:

php composer.phar require laravel/installer

Then create the project without adding anything to any path

vendor/laravel/installer/bin/laravel new [ProjectName]

//add project to git

cd ProjectName
git init
git remote add origin git@...[youGitPathToProject]

Wondering if this way of doing it has any issues - please let me know

Answer 20

Just use it:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel youprojectname