[php] Laravel PHP Command Not Found

I have installed Laravel using composer without problems, but when I try to execute "laravel" in my terminal I have this typical error:

-bash: laravel: command not found

If I read the documentation of the official site I need to do that:

Make sure to place the ~/.composer/vendor/bin directory in your PATH so the laravel executable is found when you run the laravel command in your terminal.

But I don't know how to do (I'm new on terminal console commands).

Can you help me with that? Thanks!!

1) First, download the Laravel installer using Composer:

composer global require "laravel/installer"

2) Make sure to place the ~/.composer/vendor/bin directory in your PATH so the laravel executable can be located by your system.

  set PATH=%PATH%;%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\bin

  eg: “C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\bin” 

3) Once installed, the simple laravel new command will create a fresh Laravel installation in the directory you specify.

eG:  laravel new blog

Add the following to .bashrc file (not .bash_profile).

export PATH="~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH" 

at the end of the file and then in terminal run source ~/.bashrc

To verify that:

echo $PATH

(Restart the terminal, Check & Confirm the path is there)

Run the laravel command!

Note: For Ubuntu 16 and above use below:

export PATH="~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH" 

My quick way of creating a new project

//install composer locally on web root - run the code from: https://getcomposer.org/download/

Then install laravel:

php composer.phar require laravel/installer

Then create the project without adding anything to any path

vendor/laravel/installer/bin/laravel new [ProjectName]

//add project to git

cd ProjectName
git init
git remote add origin git@...[youGitPathToProject]

Wondering if this way of doing it has any issues - please let me know

If you're using Ubuntu 16.04.

1. You need to find the composer config files in my case is :
   ~/.config/composer or in other cases ~/.composer/
   you can see the dir after this command
   composer global require "laravel/installer"

2. after Laravel Installed you can find your laravel in ~/.config/composer/vendor/laravel/installer/.
   and you will find the Laravel shortcut command in here :
   ~/.config/composer/vendor/bin/

3. set your .bashrc using nano ~/.bashrc and export your composer config file :

   export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin"
   
   or you can use allias. but above solution is recommended.

   alias laravel='~/.config/composer/vendor/laravel/installer/laravel'

4. Now refresh your bashrc using source ~/.bashrc and then laravel is ready!!

above steps works with me in Ubuntu 16.04

For those using Linux with Zsh:

1 - Add this line to your .zshrc file

export PATH="$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

2 - Run

source ~/.zshrc

• Linux path to composer folder is different from Mac
• Use $HOME instead of ~ inside the path with Zsh
• The .zshrc file is hidden in the Home folder
• export PATH= exports the path in quotes so that the Laravel executable can be located by your system
• The :$PATH is to avoid overriding what was already in the system path

When using MacBook, refer to the snippets below;

For zsh:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"' >>  ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

For Bash:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

If on mac (and think *nix) just run this in your terminal.

export PATH="~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH" 

Just use it:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel youprojectname

For zsh and bash:

export PATH="$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

source ~/.zshrc
source ~/.bashrc

For bash only:

export PATH=~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH

source ~/.bashrc

Type on terminal:

 composer global require "laravel/installer"

When composer finish, type:

vi ~/.bashrc

Paste and save:

export PATH="~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

Type on terminal:

source ~/.bashrc

Open another terminal window and type: laravel

For Developers use zsh Add the following to .zshrc file

vi ~/.zshrc or nano ~/.zshrc

export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

at the end of the file.

zsh doesn't know ~ so instead it by use $HOME.

source ~/.zshrc

Done! try command laravel you will see.

Solution on link http://tutsnare.com/laravel-command-not-found-ubuntu-mac/

In terminal

# download installer
composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"
#setting up path
export PATH="~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH" 
# check laravel command
laravel 

# download installer
composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"

nano ~/.bashrc

#add

alias laravel='~/.composer/vendor/bin/laravel'

source ~/.bashrc

laravel

# going to html dir to create project there
cd /var/www/html/
# install project in blog dir.
laravel new blog

type on terminal:

nano ~/.bash_profile 

then paste:

export PATH="/Users/yourusername/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

then save (press ctrl+c, press Y, press enter)

now you are ready to use "laravel" on your terminal

I set the PATH,but it didn't work.I find other way to solve it. (OSX 10.10 & laravel 5.2)
1) find the executable file:

~/.composer/vendor/laravel/installer/laravel 

2) give execute permissions:

chmod +x ~/.composer/vendor/laravel/installer/laravel 

3) make a soft link to /usr/bin:

sudo ln -s /Users/zhao/.composer/vendor/laravel/installer/laravel /usr/bin/laravel

Late answer...

Composer 1.10.1 2020-03-13 20:34:27 laravel --version Laravel Installer 3.0.1

Put export PATH=$PATH:~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH in your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc source ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc This works

For MAC users:

1. Open terminal

cd ~

2. Double check the $PATH

echo $PATH

3. Edit file

nano ~/.bash_profile

4. PASTE

export PATH="~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

Don't forget to put quotation marks.

5. control + X (y + enter to save the file and exit)

Now start vagrant, go to your folder and try:

laravel new yourprojectname

Composer should be installed globally: Run this in your terminal:

    mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Now composer commands will work.

If you are coming here 2021 this has worked for me also using Ubuntu 16.04

nano ~/.bash_profile 
export PATH=$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH
ctrl+x and save 
source ~/.bash_profile

If you have Composer installed globally, you can install the Laravel installer tool using command below:

composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"