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Inspired by http://askubuntu.com/a/165241/10591 this gist shows the bash commands required to have a global installation of composer and also available for all users to access
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download_composer.sh
#!/bin/bash
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# Run this by executing the following:
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# bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/simkimsia/0c218cadbb3055d53417/raw/download_composer.sh)"
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# Also, run this as root, unless you enjoy failing.
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## Download composer.phar and make it global
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## Download composer.phar
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
## move it to /usr/share
mv composer.phar /usr/share/composer
## change the permissions to 777 so everyone can use
chmod 777 /usr/share/composer
## create an alias as shortcut command
alias composer='/usr/share/composer'
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jasperf commented May 31, 2017

You should never use chmod 77 giving access to the owner, group and OTHERS. It is a security risk.

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