How to install Laravel Framework in Ubuntu

To install Laravel Framework in Ubuntu

Laravel is a PHP framework designed for easy development of PHP applications. It supports multi-platform and allows the users to develop the MVC web applications. Installation of Laravel Framework in Ubuntu is discussed in this manual.

Installation of Laravel Framework

First setup a LAMP server by using " apt-get" command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install lamp-server -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting ' libhttp-message-perl'  for task ' lamp-server' 
Note, selecting ' libencode-locale-perl'  for task ' lamp-server' 
Note, selecting ' php7.0-cli'  for task ' lamp-server' 
Note, selecting ' mysql-client-5.7'  for task ' lamp-server' 
Note, selecting ' libapache2-mod-php'  for task ' lamp-server' 
Note, selecting ' rename'  for task ' lamp-server' 
Note, selecting ' mysql-server-5.7'  for task ' lamp-server' 
Note, selecting ' php-common'  for task ' lamp-server' 

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Creating config file /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/pdo_mysql.ini with new version
Setting up php-mysql (1:7.0+35ubuntu6) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for ufw (0.35-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php7.0 (7.0.4-7ubuntu2) ...

Use the following command to install the PHP extensions.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install curl php-curl php-mcrypt php-mbstring php-gettext -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libapache2-mod-php7.0 libcurl3-gnutls libmcrypt4 php-pear php-xml php7.0-cli php7.0-common php7.0-curl php7.0-json php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-mysql php7.0-opcache
  php7.0-readline php7.0-xml
Suggested packages:
  libmcrypt-dev mcrypt
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libmcrypt4 php-curl php-gettext php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-pear php-xml php7.0-curl php7.0-mbstring
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Creating config file /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/mcrypt.ini with new version
Setting up php-mcrypt (1:7.0+35ubuntu6) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php7.0 (7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) ...

Now its time to enable the php and apache module by using following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# phpenmod mcrypt
root@linuxhelp:~# phpenmod mbstring
root@linuxhelp:~# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  service apache2 restart

To accomplish the installation of LAMP server, restart and enable the apache service.

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2
root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl enable apache2
apache2.service is not a native service, redirecting to systemd-sysv-install
Executing /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable apache2

Once the apache service is enabled, start and enable the mysql service.

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl start mysql
root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl enable mysql
Synchronizing state of mysql.service with SysV init with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install...
Executing /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable mysql

Below link will help you to download the composer script, either download through " curl" command.

https://getcomposer.org/installer

root@linuxhelp:~# curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
All settings correct for using Composer
Downloading 1.2.0...

Composer successfully installed to: /home/user1/composer.phar
Use it: php composer.phar

Rename the “ composer.phar” script into “ composer” as shown below.

root@linuxhelp:~# mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer  

Now go to apache document root (/var/www/html) and remove the “ index.html” file.

root@linuxhelp:~# cd /var/www/html
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# ls
index.html
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# rm -rf index.html

This action will help you to avoid the conflicts between laravel as well as apache’ s default web page.

Run the following command to install the laravel framework.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# composer create-project laravel/laravel work --prefer-dist
Do not run Composer as root/super user! See https://getcomposer.org/root for details
Installing laravel/laravel (v5.3.0)
  - Installing laravel/laravel (v5.3.0)
    Downloading: 100%         

Created project in work
>  php -r " file_exists(' .env' ) || copy(' .env.example' , ' .env' ) " 
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
  - Installing vlucas/phpdotenv (v2.4.0)
    Downloading: 100%         

  - Installing symfony/polyfill-mbstring (v1.2.0)
    Downloading: 100%
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Generating autoload files
>  IlluminateFoundationComposerScripts::postUpdate
>  php artisan optimize
Generating optimized class loader
>  php artisan key:generate
Application key [base64:9y0TM6X3chUL+74YrUiSCJLOrt8V3SZV2BwwhKxw6jg=] set successfully.

Once the installation is completed, rename the “ work” directory into “ laravel” .

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# ls
work
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# mv work laravel

In the laravel directory, set the write permission for the “ storage” directory.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# cd laravel/
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html/laravel# ls
app      bootstrap      composer.lock  database     package.json  public     resources  server.php  tests
artisan  composer.json  config         gulpfile.js  phpunit.xml   readme.md  routes     storage     vendor
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html/laravel# chmod -R o+w storage

Next create the apache virutalhost to access from the browser.

root@linuxhelp:~# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/linuxhelp.laravel.com.conf

Now add the below lines into to the virutalhost configuration file.

Entry:

< VirtualHost *:80> 
    ServerName linuxhelp.laravel.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/laravel/public
    < Directory /var/www/html/laravel/public> 
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
    < /Directory> 

< /VirtualHost> 

Enable the newly created domain linuxhelp.laravel.com and restart the apache service.

root@linuxhelp:~# a2ensite linuxhelp.laravel.com
Enabling site linuxhelp.laravel.com.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  service apache2 reload
root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2

Navigate to http://< IP_address> /laravel/public. Finally, default web page of Laravel will appear.