Activate extension in TYPO3

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Is there a way, to activate an extension in TYPO3 without using the extension manager in the backend?

I'm using TYPO3 7.6.4 in composer mode. If I install a new extension with composer, it is deactivated by default.

What am I missing?

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composer-phptypo3typo3-7.6.x

1 Answers

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Composer does not install the extension TYPO3 wise. It only downloads it to typo3conf/ext. You can read more about it here if you are interested.

There is, however, an alternative to the extension manager for (un)installing extensions in TYPO3. You can run a CLI command to do so. Go to your web directory and run

./typo3/cli_dispatch.phpsh extbase extension:install <extension_key>

or for the "help page" of the command:

./typo3/cli_dispatch.phpsh extbase help extension:install