The latest articles on Forem by Praveen Reddy Govind (@praveengovind). https://forem.com/praveengovind https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F373259%2F35abea59-6f6a-4dae-aeab-37d193ab40bf.jpg https://forem.com/praveengovind en Praveen Reddy Govind Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:31:23 +0000 https://forem.com/praveengovind/installing-composer-58nh https://forem.com/praveengovind/installing-composer-58nh <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--c40VkLhw--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/uhh8mmhfhdmc5udiy2vb.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--c40VkLhw--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/uhh8mmhfhdmc5udiy2vb.jpg" alt="Alt Text"></a><br> Follow the steps to install composer on windows or mac environment.</p> <p>Before following these steps you must install PHP already as composer is dependent on PHP.</p> <p>Step1: Download the installer to the current directory<br> </p> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');" </code></pre></div> <p>Step 2: Verify the installer SHA-384<br> </p> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') === 'e5325b19b381bfd88ce90a5ddb7823406b2a38cff6bb704b0acc289a09c8128d4a8ce2bbafcd1fcbdc38666422fe2806') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;" </code></pre></div> <p>Step 3: Run the installer<br> </p> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>php composer-setup.php </code></pre></div> <p>Step 4: Remove the installer<br> </p> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');" </code></pre></div> <p>Step 5: Make composer globally available on your machine<br> </p> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer </code></pre></div> php