Drupal console alternative for drush make on Drupal 8

Question

I am trying to set up a way to download and install Drupal 8 with some custom modules and a profile, all from the command line.

For Drupal 7 i had written a drush make file that downloaded a list of modules, including a custom profile and several custom modules from local git repositories

Is there a possibility to do this using drupal console? I know it can be done with composer as long as the dependencies are public

Why don't you just use drush again? It works great with D8 aswell. — VJamie
I am unsure of the long time support for drush, seeing that lots of people recommend using drupal console for things we were using drush before (downloading/installing modules, clearing cache etc). I will probably use drush, but i wanted to know if there was another way of doing it. Thanks — Adrian

gagarine gagarine · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-04T22:58:06

You should definitely use composer. Drupal console is not meant to manage dependencies.

Composer works with private dependency. The only requirement is the installation of SSH keys for a git client. See: https://getcomposer.org/doc/05-repositories.md#using-private-repositories

Look also at the official documentation for using composer and drupal.

Drupal console alternative for drush make on Drupal 8

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