Installing Composer
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Installing Composer
Composer is the package manager used by modern PHP applications. Use Composer to manage dependencies in your Symfony applications and to install Symfony Components in your PHP projects.
It's recommended to install Composer globally in your system as explained in the following sections.
Install Composer on Linux and Mac OS X
To install Composer on Linux or Mac OS X, execute the following two commands:
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$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composerNote
If you don't have curl installed, you can also just download the
installer file manually at https://getcomposer.org/installer and
then run:
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$ php installer
$ sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composerInstall Composer on Windows
Download the installer from getcomposer.org/download, execute it and follow the instructions.
Learn more
Read the Composer documentation to learn more about its usage and features.
