Install composer and wp-cli on cyon.ch hostings with SSH access.

comopser-wp-cli.md

Cyon.ch/Hostpoint - Install composer & wp-cli

SSH into your server and stay in the home directory of the user. Check if you have a bin directory in your user directory already, in case you do, omit the mkdir bin.

Use bin folder in $HOME for user scriptsr

For the commands to be loaded from the bin directory run echo "export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc. For the new config to be used run source ~/.bashrc or close and reopen your SSH session.

Composer

Install composer using curl.

cd ~
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=bin
mv ~/bin/composer.phar ~/bin/composer
chmod u+x ~/bin/composer

If composer --version does not work then run echo "alias composer='~/bin/composer'" >> ~/.bash_profile. Then run source ~/.bash_profile or close and reopen your SSH session.

WP-CLI

Again SSH into your server, make sure you have a bin directory and type the following commands:

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
mv wp-cli.phar ~/bin/wp
chmod u+x ~/bin/wp

If wp —-info does not work then run echo "alias wp='~/bin/wp'" >> ~/.bash_profile. Then run source ~/.bash_profile or close and reopen your SSH session.

WP-CLI Tab completion

mkdir ~/.wp-cli
cd ~/.wp-cli
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/master/utils/wp-completion.bash
echo "source ~/.wp-cli/wp-completion.bash" >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile

Now you have autocompletion of the wp-cli commands using wp <TAB><TAB>.

Self updates using cron jobs

To add these via SSH run crontab -e, type shift + A to edit and :wq to save.

WP CLI:

0	8	*	*	7	~/bin/wp cli update --yes > /dev/null

Composer

0	8	*	*	7	~/bin/composer self-update --quiet > /dev/null

thank you! helped me to install composer on cyon.ch

@typoman76 glad it helped you, added the cronjob config too so composer will keep up to date.

Nice tutorial! Worked like a charm on a Hostpoint server.
For those who also needs to run wp-cli and composer in a different php version edit ~/.bash_profile and add/change the aliases to something like this:

alias php71='/usr/local/php71/bin/php'
alias composer='php71 ~/bin/composer'
alias wp='php71 ~/bin/wp'

Then run source ~/.bash_profile or close and reopen your SSH session. Now you can run composer diagnose and wp --info to check your installation.

Pretty handy! Thanks @neverything! :)

Thanks for sharing! Maybe obvious for others, but I needed to change the active shell settings from sh to bash in order to get this working on hostpoint

Another tip, that might be useful for others using cyon: I had to add PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" to my ~/.bashrc file to access wp-cli remotely, as described in the handbook.

Updated to https://gist.github.com/grappler/e2b0369a9d5d47c914b9744728936911 from @grappler with the tips from @florianziegler. Thank you!

Hey Silvan! Sehr cool, merci för die zämefassig. Hed perfekt fonktioniert ond eröffnet secherlech vell wiiteri möglechkeite au be hostpoint.