How to place the ~/.composer/vendor/bin directory in your PATH?

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I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 and I've been trying all possible methods to install Laravel to no avail. Error messages everything I try. I'm now trying the first method in the quickstart documentation, that is, via Laravel Installer, but it says to "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." so my question is, how do I do that? This may be a simple question but I'm really frustrated and would appreciate any help.

score 593 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 03 '18 at 07:25

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To put this folder on the PATH environment variable type

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

This appends the folder to your existing PATH, however, it is only active for your current terminal session.

If you want it to be automatically set, it depends on the shell you are using. For bash, you can append this line to $HOME/.bashrc using your favorite editor or type the following on the shell

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

In order to check if it worked, logout and login again or execute

source ~/.bashrc

on the shell.

PS: For other systems where there is no ~/.bashrc, you can also put this into ~/.bash_profile

PSS: For more recent laravel you need to put $HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin on the PATH.

PSSS: If you want to put this folder on the path also for other shells or on the GUI, you should append the said export command to ~/.profile (cf. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables).

edited Sep 03 '18 at 07:25

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answered Aug 18 '14 at 22:51

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Works like a charm here, on ubuntu 14.04. You might wanna logout/login and/or open a fresh terminal window if things don't seem to work. – Michiel Aug 09 '15 at 17:14
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You should use `$HOME` instead of `~` in the composer path. Not sure about bash, but it is certainly necessary when you're setting it in zsh's `.zshrc`. – phaberest Nov 20 '15 at 00:08
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It should be noted that on Ubuntu 16.04 running laravel 5.1, the path is: ~/.config/composer/vendor/bin – waweru Jul 20 '16 at 18:33
Alternatively, I needed to edit my ~/.zshrc as I'm using oh-my-zsh with iTerm2. Otherwise... same instructions... cheers! – JoshP Dec 10 '16 at 18:56
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I have tried this, no luck! Also I do not have a directory called ./composer/vendor. I only have .composer and in there i have a cache folder.. Been searching for 2 days now. – nclsvh Mar 08 '17 at 09:02
absolute champion. thanks mate. waisted 10 min trying to do it. your solution worked like a charm – Izac Mac Aug 15 '17 at 18:45
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echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc was missing the .config directory THEN execute source ~/.bashrc – CecilMerrell aka bringrainfire Oct 09 '17 at 04:59
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Both .composer/vendor/bin and .config/composer/vendor/bin contain "laravel" for me on Ubuntu 16.04 for what it's worth, so both work. – Ken Dec 18 '17 at 00:15
Works on OS X El Capitan. – Christian Bonato Aug 03 '18 at 09:04
For Linux Mint 20.2 it was `$HOME:~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH` – Roman Kozin Jul 28 '21 at 06:56
Get the path by composer it self: https://stackoverflow.com/a/69125272/2873481 – Vladimir Vukanac Sep 09 '21 at 22:22

score 142 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 19 '15 at 23:35

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Detailed instructions:

in your ~/.bashrc add these lines:

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

Then reload:

source ~/.bashrc

Check if its added correctly:

echo $PATH

/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/web/bin:~/.composer/vendor/bin

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answered Sep 28 '14 at 09:50

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Thx! I'm not too familar with unix and this made total sense! (And dollars!) – sunnysidedown916 Mar 27 '15 at 00:54
The thing I echo $PATH does not include the composer part.. I have literally added it over 100 times in all the possible ways, rebooted about 5 times an reloaded bashrc.. nothing. Any idea? – nclsvh Mar 08 '17 at 09:06
source ~/.bashrc --- I have to do this each time i should laravel. This is the best answer for me – Brainmaniac Jul 12 '17 at 12:51

Vagner Leitte · Answer 3 · 2018-10-25T20:40:16.723

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In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with composer globally installed, this worked for me.

Edit the .bashrc file in your home directory puting the path to the composer bin folder that is located in /your/home/.config/composer/vendor/bin

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

source ~/.bashrc

If not works, verify the path to the composer bin directory and close and reopen the terminal. Otherwise, try to logoff and login in the Ubuntu.

Also works in ubuntu 18.04. Thanks @chifliiiii for your feedback.

edited Oct 25 '18 at 20:40

answered Nov 07 '16 at 17:24

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Worked with Parrot OS 3.8 – Abdelsalam Shahlol Nov 06 '17 at 04:48
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This works, when you run composer laravel installer, it changes directory to Changed current directory to /home/username/.config/composer ./composer.json has been updated as per the path in this answer – ottz0 Dec 06 '17 at 11:22
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This is the one that worked for me on ubuntu 17.10. Thanks. – GabMic Jan 31 '18 at 08:31
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Worked like a charm on 20.04. – Renato Francia Nov 02 '21 at 19:20

score 40 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 22 '15 at 15:55

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For setting the PATH on Yosemite (OS X 10.10.5), use the command below:

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

To reload either quit terminal and start up again or use:

source ~/.bash_profile

Helped me, hope it helps someone else out there!

answered Sep 22 '15 at 15:55

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Thank you @forca001 in my `.zshrc` it was not working using `~` and it finally did with `$HOME` – phaberest Nov 20 '15 at 00:05
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Nice! This worked for me as well on Mac OS X El-Captain. – Askar Nov 29 '15 at 08:56
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This is the only answer that worked for me on my Mac running OSX Mojave. Thanks heaps! – Ryan Coolwebs Dec 10 '18 at 12:38
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This should be the accepted answer. Worked with MacOS Majave 14.x – OMi Shah Sep 11 '19 at 07:34

score 14 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 11 '16 at 05:15

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I did all of the above and it didn't work for me.

I just copied this into my terminal and it worked for me.

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

answered Feb 11 '16 at 05:15

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@grit45 can you please explain why it worked a little bit – Abhishek Goel Nov 21 '16 at 16:28
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This question is about putting some directory on the path and not how to install composer. – MrTux Mar 11 '18 at 10:25

score 10 · Answer 6 · answered May 23 '20 at 11:49

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my path didn't have /.composer, just /composer so my path was:-

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

This worked for me on ubuntu 20.04

answered May 23 '20 at 11:49

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score 9 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 28 '15 at 02:12

This is for setting PATH on Mac OS X Version 10.9.5.

I have tried to add $HOME because I use user profile :

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

When you do not use user profile:

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

Then reload:

source ~/.bashrc

I hope this help you.

score 5 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 30 '17 at 09:18

Open the Mac Terminal:

vi ~/.bashrc

If you haven't used vi, it may look a little funny at first, so enter the following code carefully, in order:

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

PRESS ESC

:
w

PRESS ENTER

:
q

PRESS ENTER

Now you should have returned to the normal terminal view.

Check that composer now has the correct path:

cd ~/.composer
echo $PATH

If you see the path including your file directory, (e.g. /Users/JeffStrongman/.composer/vendor/bin), you're good to go.

cd

Then run your installation. I ran into this problem, while configuring my Mac to use Laravel Valet.

Example (optional)

valet install

Martijn van der Bruggen · Answer 9 · 2016-10-02T09:40:53.397

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For Linux Mint 18: edit ~/.bashrc and add this line to it at the bottom:

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

then resource .bashrc (type in console):

source ~/.bashrc (or close and reopen the terminal)

test it by typing in the console:

echo $PATH

or type in console:

laravel

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answered Oct 01 '16 at 11:04

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Anthony Hatzopoulos · Answer 10 · 2018-08-06T17:33:38.897

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The Composer bin directory is set and stored in bin-dir config variable and can be different depending on your setup. Running the command composer global config bin-dir --absolute will tell you the absolute path to your global composer bin directory. Using this command you can modify your .bash_profile to add it to your PATH exactly how it is configured.

# Add Composer bin-dir to PATH if it is installed.
command -v composer >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
        COMPOSER_BIN_DIR=$(composer global config bin-dir --absolute 2> /dev/null)
        PATH="$PATH:$COMPOSER_BIN_DIR";
}
export PATH

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answered Aug 06 '18 at 17:28

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Nice, can avoid the `/dev/null` redirect using the quiet `-q` flag too. For those using fish the command is `fish_add_path (composer global config bin-dir --absolute -q)`. – Nathan Baulch Jul 13 '22 at 11:31

score 3 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 20 '18 at 19:20

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In case someone uses ZSH, all steps are the same, except a few things:

Locate file .zshrc
Add the following line at the bottom export PATH=~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH
source ~/.zshrc

Then try valet, if asks for password, then everything is ok.

answered Oct 20 '18 at 19:20

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score 3 · Answer 12 · answered Sep 26 '19 at 05:45

add environment variable into bashrc file

For Ubuntu 17.04 and 17.10:

echo 'export PATH="~/.config/composer/vendor/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc

For Ubuntu 18.04

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

to Check environment variable working or not first reload the bashrc file

source ~/.bashrc

if not working any method then First Check Where is install Composer to Check Run This Command :

locate composer -l 1

then Copy Output add output into this line and run again command.

 echo 'export PATH="OUTPUTHERE/vendor/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc

After Successfully Laravel Command Work Give a Permission To Parent Folder (for example u are using apache server than give permission to apache web listing directory like that)

sudo chown $USER:$USER -R /var/www/html/

score 3 · Answer 13 · answered Aug 29 '22 at 11:55

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For me in Ubuntu 22.04, this works:

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

answered Aug 29 '22 at 11:55

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Yoseph · Answer 14 · 2015-07-20T12:42:30.113

Adding export PATH="$PATH:~/.composer/vendor/bin" to ~/.bashrc works in your case because you only need it when you run the terminal.
For the sake of completeness, appending it to PATH in /etc/environment (sudo gedit /etc/environment and adding ~/.composer/vendor/bin in PATH) will also work even if it is called by other programs because it is system-wide environment variable.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables

score 2 · Answer 15 · answered Jul 27 '17 at 20:34

MacOS Sierra User:

make sure you delete MAAP and MAAP Pro from Application folder if you have it installed on your computer

be in root directory cd ~ check homebrew (if you have homebrew installed) OR have PHP up to date

brew install php70

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

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

source ~/.bash_profile

cat .bash_profile

make sure this is showing : export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"

laravel

now it should be global

you have saved my time, i was searching for 2hr – Sharifur Robin Apr 10 '21 at 12:31 — Sharifur Robin, Apr 10 '21 at 12:31

score 2 · Answer 16 · answered Jan 30 '19 at 15:31

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Linux ws1 4.15.0-1023-aws #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 24 16:31:06 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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

Worked for me.

answered Jan 30 '19 at 15:31

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What is the improvement to the existing answers? – MrTux Mar 12 '19 at 13:41
Seems to work for me – Jet Ezra Dec 07 '21 at 18:24

score 2 · Answer 17 · answered Nov 13 '19 at 10:31

On Fedora:

Some composer bins are not in the .composer directory So you need to locate them using:

locate composer | grep vendor/bin

Then echo the the part into the .bashrc

echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/{you_composer_vendor_path}"' >> ~/.bashrc

Mine was "/.config/composer/vendor/bin" Cheers!

score 1 · Answer 18 · answered Jan 12 '18 at 22:36

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For Ubuntu 16.04

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

source ~/.bashrc

answered Jan 12 '18 at 22:36

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What is the improvement to the existing answers? – MrTux Mar 12 '19 at 13:41

score 1 · Answer 19 · answered Oct 07 '18 at 01:10

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I did this and it works on osx:

lunch your terminal

 nano ~/.bash_profile

And paste

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

press control + x

press the y key

press the return / enter key

answered Oct 07 '18 at 01:10

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score 0 · Answer 20 · answered Apr 20 '16 at 06:38

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this is what I added in my .bashrc file and worked.

export PATH="$PATH:/home/myUsername/.composer/vendor/bin"

answered Apr 20 '16 at 06:38

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score -1 · Answer 21 · answered Jan 28 '18 at 18:04

To solve this problem make sure you find the path of composer.phar first

example mine is something like this

alias composer="php /Users/Your-username/composer.phar"

Go to cd Users > Your user > Command ls and see if composer.phar is there if yes then add the above line to your .bash_profile. Make sure you change the username to your own.

Hope this help you out

score -1 · Answer 22 · answered Jan 13 '21 at 00:31

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I've tried a lot of solutions, but on Ubuntu 20.04 only this worked for me:

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

answered Jan 13 '21 at 00:31

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