How do install Laravel - php

Question

The help has a load of different options. I tried:
composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"
which returns:
[RuntimeException]
Not enough arguments.
And then there is a load of articles referencing the windows installer located at:
http://laravel.com/laravel.phar
Which says:
"Whoops, looks like something went wrong."
I'm not sure what else to try? Am I missing something?

Answer 1

This should have worked, maybe the tilde needs escaping on your shell (\~), or you could try one of the other formats accepted by the command :
Usage:
require [--dev] [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--no-progress] [--no-update] [--update-no-dev] [--update-with-dependencies] [packages1] ... [packagesN]
Arguments:
packages Required package with a version constraint, e.g. foo/bar:1.0.0 or foo/bar=1.0.0 or "foo/bar 1.0.0"

Answer 2

Here u can see the installation instructions:
http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/installation
It comes down to this:
Install composer
Download laravel
Put it in the www folder of wamp so you have www/laravel-master
Right click in the root of laravel-master and select composer install
Ready to go
I assumed u use WAMP, if u use something else, put laravel in the map where all your projects are located.

Answer 3

If you are using MAMP, this youtube video will help. It did help me, although I admit in the end it's not as clear as I want it to be.
Anyways, I made my own notes just in case i have to do it again.
a. add MAMP's PHP to PATH VARIABLE in .bash_profile
export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.5.10/bin:$PATH
maybe not necessary step if you have an updated php with mcrypt, I just chose to use MAMP's php
b. install Composer
go to http://www.getcomposer.org/ ->getting started ->globally copy and execute 2 commands,
at the terminal…
cd ~
curl -sS https:/?getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
c. install Laravel at MAMP/htdocs folder using composer,
at the terminal…
cd /Applications/MAMP/htdocs
composer create-project laravel/laravel neji --prefer-dist
**where neji is the name of your website/project
d. edit /private/etc/hosts
sudo nano /private/etc/hosts
add 127.0.0.1 neji
e. using any textEditor edit /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf
uncomment by removing the # before include… on the virtual hosts, see below where...
# Virtual Hosts
#Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
becomes...
# Virtual Hosts
Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
f. using any textEditor edit /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
add the following text at the bottom
# I am not sure about this since DocumentRoot does not points to the public folder
# but I still added it and it's working, maybe someone will clarify this part
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin localhost
DocumentRoot "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs"
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias www.localhost
# ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log"
# CustomLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>
# this one, I think is the code that makes it work bec the DocumentRoot points to public folder
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin neji.dev
DocumentRoot "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/neji/public/"
ServerName neji.dev
ServerAlias www.neji
# ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log"
# CustomLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>
** 2 things to note
1. set ServerName to your projectName(neji.dev)
2. set DocumentRoot to the public folder
g. open your project using your fav browser
neji.dev/
**don’t forget the / at the end
You should see the laravel welcome page.
Then after a few days switch to VM :)