Laravel 5 Installation in Ubuntu: laravel command not found

Question

When I try to install laravel 5 in ubuntu, I am getting error like this,

laravel: command not found

I followed these steps,

composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"

laravel new blog

This worked for me: `composer global require "laravel/installer"` `composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog` — Muhammad Shahzad, Jun 12 '17 at 07:02

score 216 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 11 '18 at 12:40

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Got fixed after setting path for composer vendors.So the correct step which worked is,

Download laravel installer: composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"

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

Then run command : laravel new project-name or sudo laravel new project-name

For mac,

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

Ubuntu 16.04 with latest laravel installer

Install composer if not exists,

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('SHA384', 'composer-setup.php') === '55d6ead61b29c7bdee5cccfb50076874187bd9f21f65d8991d46ec5cc90518f447387fb9f76ebae1fbbacf329e583e30') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Install laravel installer,

composer global require "laravel/installer"

Edit environment config,

nano .bashrc

Then add,

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

Then reload path config,

source ~/.bashrc

Ubuntu 17.04 and 17.10:

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

Ubuntu 18.04

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

edited Dec 11 '18 at 12:40

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answered Feb 19 '15 at 02:22

Anshad Vattapoyil

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This works with `$ sudo laravel new blog` but doesn't work if used without sudo like `$ laravel new blog` – Tahir Yasin Oct 05 '15 at 11:09
I was missing the setup path (export PATH ..) Thanks for your answer! – Mike Bovenlander Nov 04 '15 at 08:20
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Works for ubuntu 16 too – MoGa Nov 29 '16 at 22:43
Thx for the Ubuntu 17.10 workaround, works on 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) too – Mooncake Mar 21 '18 at 15:55
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Nice answer, but in `ubuntu 18.04` composer install laravel in this path: `~/.composer/vendor/bin` – Moe Far Oct 08 '18 at 09:22
In Ubuntu 20.04: `export PATH="$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"` – ns16 Jun 15 '20 at 08:05
In my newly installed ubuntu 20.04 it worked well – Shohanul Alam Oct 19 '20 at 13:11

Radames E. Hernandez · Answer 2 · 2020-06-18T19:41:39.263

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After searching in internet I was found for Ubuntu 17.04, 17.10, 18.04 and 20.04 this code that work's fine:

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

This saved my day!

edited Jun 18 '20 at 19:41

answered Oct 17 '17 at 04:55

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Works on 18.04 too (Bionic Beaver) – Mooncake Mar 21 '18 at 15:55
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where are you adding this code! – Alauddin Ahmed Dec 04 '19 at 19:00
@AlauddinAhmed In my case, I'm using mac, so I have only added it to my ~/.bash_profile file in my root folder, in linux is more less the same way but the file maybe it will be .bashrc instead .bash_profile, find the .bash_profile and add it, after that you need to use the command "source .bash_profile" to read the new configuration – Radames E. Hernandez Dec 04 '19 at 19:16
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Works on 20.04 too – ns16 Jun 15 '20 at 08:08
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works on Mint 20.3 – Mohammad Salehi Apr 08 '22 at 10:10

score 23 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 03 '15 at 17:22

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If for some reasons previous Answer doesn't work, like in my situation, try this (as a root or with sudo):

nano ~/.bashrc

and then put to the end of the file this:

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

Source

P.S. btw I am using

Debian GNU/Linux 7.8 (wheezy)
PowerMac8,2
ppc64

answered Apr 03 '15 at 17:22

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That is what I did too. Still I don't get why it is not working otherwise... – tomsihap Nov 25 '15 at 11:38
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make sure you run `source ~/.bashrc` to make sure it is reloaded – Angga Ari Wijaya Dec 20 '16 at 10:43
This works for me. Exporting the path to `~/.profile` does not do it. That step with `~/.bashrc` is necessary. – J. Doe Oct 03 '18 at 06:05
The esiest working solution! – MiraTech Sep 30 '20 at 22:01
stuck in this for an hour... this is the only soln that worked – Siddharth Mishra Nov 07 '21 at 13:15

score 22 · Answer 4 · answered May 27 '16 at 12:15

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In Ubuntu 16 the path is under the ~./config directory as shown below.

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

answered May 27 '16 at 12:15

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or you can find your composer bin by type in your ~ dir `find . -type d | grep .composer` – Gujarat Santana Oct 03 '16 at 09:33

score 12 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 25 '19 at 16:58

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Install composer

check if the composer is working by typing

composer

once the composer is installed, install laravel/installer via composer using the following command

composer global require "laravel/installer"

after installing export the path

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

Then

 source ~/.bashrc

edited Jul 25 '19 at 16:58

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answered Jul 12 '17 at 16:27

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dont forget to reload path config: source ~/.bashrc – mpalencia Aug 24 '18 at 00:22
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still showing command not found for me – dev404 Aug 11 '20 at 13:29

Md Rasel Ahmed · Answer 6 · 2018-02-08T07:24:16.087

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Open terminal and run these commands:

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

edited Feb 08 '18 at 07:24

answered Feb 08 '18 at 07:00

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the first line is in a lot of solutions, but the reloading did it for me.... source ~/.bashrc – msanjay May 28 '18 at 18:19

score 6 · Answer 7 · edited Feb 03 '18 at 18:01

I found the solution after i tried many many times. First, check your actual path to the laravel installer. You need to go to /home/(here is your name)/.config/composer/vendor/bin ... to check if it really exist that path. In the beginning i got the 'laravel command not found' and 'bash: /home/eduard/.composer/vendor/bin/laravel: No such file or directory', so i checked if the path was correct, and it really wasn't, my path was /home/eduard/.config/composer/vendor/bin, i was different from any paths i found on internet. After composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1", the solution is:

go using the terminal to the path to see if it's different, until you find /bin. So, go to /home/(here you put your name)/.config/composer/vendor/bin (this is my path), and remember the path.
then in terminal, cd ~, and then sudo nano .bashrc
scroll down to the ending of the file and add:

export PATH="$PATH:~/.config/composer/vendor/bin" alias laravel='~/.config/composer/vendor/bin/laravel' (!! important: keep in mind that your path may be a little bit different, make sure that the path exist like in step 1, if it's a little bit different then change it as it's your).
press Ctrl + X, then Y and Enter, to save changes.
refresh changes with source ~/.bashrc
enter laravel in terminal to see if everything is ok.

Keep in mind that your path may be different from any on the web, make sure that your the path it's correct, check it, and put the right one as I did. I'm using Ubuntu 16, but the solution I think is similar for any version, as long as you put your correct path.

score 4 · Answer 8 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

I followed this process installing Laravel 5 on my Linux Mint(Ubuntu-based distro): (I have written full steps to help anyone who needed simple steps.)

// download composer
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

// moved it to user folder
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

// download the Laravel installer using Composer
composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"

// add laravel installer to PATH
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"

// create folder for laravel
mkdir /home/badar/websites/laravel

// create a new project
laravel new blog

Laravel 5 Installation in Ubuntu: laravel command not found

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