Install project
// current version
laravel new project-name
// or dev branch
composer create-project laravel/laravel project-name dev-develop
From within new project directory
touch database/database.sqlite
From within .env file
DB_CONNECTION=sqlite
And then should remove all other database related rows of this section
To migrate default tables, can then run
php artisan migrate
Can then access and create users with tinker
php artisan tinker
From within tinker, for example
factory('App\User', 2)->create();