In this article i a going to explain how to do Laravel Installation/Setup in Linux environment. Laravel is a very popular framework, used for developing Web applications and it’s the current trend.
So, Let’s start with some basic installations. Before, Installing/Set upping Laravel, we need a working/development php environment. If you are not set upped it yet, go through the basic installations.
Basic Installations
Apcahe Installation
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install apache2
For more detailed installation procedure and troubleshoot use the link : Install Apache MySQL PHP and PHPmyadmin
Mysql Installation
sudo apt-get install mysql-server libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql
You can find detailed installation procedure in this link : Install Apache MySQL PHP and PHPmyadmin
PHP Installation
sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt
Other useful tools/Not necessary for Laravel setup
Git Installation
sudo apt-get install git
Curl Installation
sudo apt-get install curl
Vim Installation
sudo apt-get install vim
Laravel Installation
OK.Now we have done all the basic/necessary installations.
Let’s start with Laravel Installation
Composer Installation
Composer is a tool for dependency management in PHP. It allows you to declare the libraries your project depends on and it will manage (install/update) them for you.
To install Composer, open a terminal and type (curl should be installed,if you are not installed curl, i have explained it above)
curl -sS http://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --filename=composer --install-dir=/usr/local/bin
Laravel project can be created in two ways via Laravel Installer and Via Composer
To install Via Laravel Installer use this
sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"
Now, setup the project and give permissions
laravel new homestead cd homestead chmod 777 -R app/storage
To install Via Composer Create-Project use this :
composer create-project laravel/laravel --prefer-dist
Also, you can give the folder name as this
composer create-project laravel/laravel --prefer-dist folder_name
Now, give permissions to the storage folder
laravel new homestead cd homestead chmod 777 -R app/storage
Note:If you don’t give permissions, you can’t see the default Laravel home page,Also, do this always when you checkout a project from Git/anywhere.
To Setup Virtual host to your Laravel project
Create a Apache configuration file and edit it with the Virtual host configurations
sudo touch /etc/apache2/sites-available/homestead.conf sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/homestead.conf
Add the Lines to configuration file, with appropriate changes
< VirtualHost *:80 > ServerName homestead.app DocumentRoot /home/User/Development/homestead/public Require all granted Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI AllowOverride All < / VirtualHost >
Now, edit he host file and add the new local domain
sudo gedit /etc/hosts
Add the Lines to configuration file, with appropriate changes
127.0.0.1 homestead.app
Now, enable the configuration and restart apache web server.
sudo a2ensite homestead.conf sudo service apache2 restart
Now, type the homestead.app in your web browser to see the default Lavarel home page.