How To Install and Use Composer on Ubuntu 18.04
How To Install and Use Composer on Ubuntu 18.04
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that allows you to easily manage and install PHP packages and libraries. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and use Composer on Ubuntu 18.04.
Step 1: Install PHP and other dependencies
Before installing Composer, you need to make sure that PHP and other dependencies are installed on your system. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php-cli php-mbstring git unzip
Step 2: Download and Install Composer
To download and install Composer, run the following commands in your terminal:
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
This will download and install Composer in your system.
Step 3: Verify the Installation
After the installation is complete, you can verify the installation by running the following command in your terminal:
composer
If the installation was successful, you should see a list of available Composer commands.
Step 4: Using Composer
To use Composer, you need to create a composer.json file in your project directory. This file contains a list of dependencies and other configuration options.
Here is an example composer.json file:
{
"require": {
"monolog/monolog": "1.0.*"
}
}
This file specifies that you need the monolog/monolog package in version 1.0 or later.
To install the dependencies specified in the composer.json file, run the following command in your terminal:
composer install
Composer will download and install the required dependencies in your project directory.
Conclusion
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and used Composer on Ubuntu 18.04. Composer is a powerful tool that can help you manage dependencies and improve your PHP development workflow.
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