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!!
echo $PATH
in Terminal / bash , etc.
Ok, I did that and it works:
nano ~/.bash_profile
And paste
export PATH=~/.composer/vendor/bin:$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
.
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"
export PATH="~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"
- the life saver on Ubuntu 18.04! :)
When using MacBook, refer to the snippets below;
For zsh:
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc
For Bash:
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
Solution on link http://tutsnare.com/laravel-command-not-found-ubuntu-mac/
In terminal
# download installer
composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"
#setting up path
export PATH="~/.composer/vendor/bin:$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
composer global require "laravel/installer"
too
/home/vagrant/.config/composer/vendor /bin/laravel
alias laravel='~/.config/composer/vendor/bin/laravel'
~/.profile
does not do it. That step with ~/.bashrc
is necessary.
If you're using Ubuntu 16.04.
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" 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/ 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' Now refresh your bashrc using source ~/.bashrc and then laravel is ready!!
above steps works with me in Ubuntu 16.04
source ~/.bashrc
is used to refresh the new setup in the file. So you can't have the new setup running in the current user session if you don't use source
alias laravel='~/.config/composer/vendor/laravel/installer/laravel'
did the trick for me!
Type on terminal:
composer global require "laravel/installer"
When composer finish, type:
vi ~/.bashrc
Paste and save:
export PATH="~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"
Type on terminal:
source ~/.bashrc
Open another terminal window and type: laravel
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"
echo 'export PATH="~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
load it with source ~/.bashrc
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:$PATH
source ~/.bashrc
For Developers use zsh
Add the following to .zshrc
file
vi ~/.zshrc
or nano ~/.zshrc
export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"
at the end of the file.
zsh
doesn't know ~
so instead it by use $HOME
.
source ~/.zshrc
Done! try command laravel
you will see.
If on mac (and think *nix) just run this in your terminal.
export PATH="~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"
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
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
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
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
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
type on terminal:
nano ~/.bash_profile
then paste:
export PATH="/Users/yourusername/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"
then save (press ctrl+c, press Y, press enter)
now you are ready to use "laravel" on your terminal
If you have Composer installed globally, you can install the Laravel installer tool using command below:
composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"
Late answer...
Composer 1.10.1 2020-03-13 20:34:27 laravel --version Laravel Installer 3.0.1
Put export PATH=$PATH:~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH in your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc source ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc This works
Composer should be installed globally: Run this in your terminal:
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
Now composer commands will work.
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
Just use it:
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel youprojectname
Success story sharing
.bashrc
file and I do not want to create one with dependency to.bask_profile
composer global require "laravel/installer"