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How to install composer in Ubuntu

In this short article we are going to install composer php packages manager in Ubuntu 16 and above.

  • Make sure php is installed by typing php -v in terminal. otherwise install PHP with this command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php
  • Download the composer file from the official website with this command:
wget https://getcomposer.org/composer.phar
  • Rename the composer.phar to composer in order to be shorter and more handy.
mv composer.phar composer
  • Make the composer executable and run it once to make sure it works.
sudo chmod +x composer
./composer
  • Last step. Move the file to /usr/local/bin/ directory in order to be accessible from everywhere in system.
sudo mv composer /usr/local/bin/

After this step you should be able to run the composer command from any direcotry in your system.

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