laravel install | Laravel - Installation
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How to Install Laravel?
- For managing dependencies, Laravel uses composer.
- Ensure you have a Composer installed on your system before you install Laravel.
- So, before using Laravel, make sure you have Composer installed on your machine.
Step 1
- Visit the following URL and download composer to install it on your system.
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Step 2
- After the Composer is installed, check the installation by typing the Composer command in the command prompt as shown in the following screenshot.
![Composer Command](https://wikitechy.com/tutorials/laravel/img\laravel-images\composer-command.jpg)
Step 3
- Create a new directory anywhere in your system for your new Laravel project.
- After that, move to path where you have created the new directory and type the following command there to install Laravel.
composer create wikitechy-project laravel/laravel --prefer-dist
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Step 4
- The above command will install Laravel in the current directory. Start the Laravel service by executing the following command.
php artisan serve
Step 5
- After executing the above command, you will see a screen as shown below
![Laravel Command](https://wikitechy.com/tutorials/laravel/img\laravel-images\laravel-command-output.png)
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Step 6
- Copy the URL underlined in gray in the above screenshot and open that URL in the browser.
- If you see the following screen, it implies Laravel has been installed successfully.
![Laravel 5](https://wikitechy.com/tutorials/laravel/img\laravel-images\laravel-5.jpg)