bin to $Path?

Asked Jan 26 '20 at 10:40

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On Laravel website (https://laravel.com/docs/6.x), the documentation said after you download the Laravel via composer,

Make sure to place Composer's system-wide vendor bin directory in your $PATH so the laravel executable can be located by your system. This directory exists in different locations based on your operating system; however, some common locations include:

macOS: $HOME/.composer/vendor/bin

I'm so confused about how to check for that and how to add .composer/vendor/bin to the path. I checked the other answers but I noticed that they are outdated by a few years ago but I'm not sure if they are relative or updated to current versions.

I have homebrew, oh-my-zch, and iterm2 installed on my Mac.

asked Jan 26 '20 at 10:40

Kristina Bressler

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Edit your `~/.zshrc` file and export the `$PATH` variable: `export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin` – Brian Lee Jan 26 '20 at 10:47
What are the steps for that? – Kristina Bressler Jan 27 '20 at 05:18
Edit that file and copy paste that line in. – Brian Lee Jan 27 '20 at 05:45
So I don't need to replace `# If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH. # export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH`? – Kristina Bressler Jan 27 '20 at 06:00
The `#` symbol is a bash comment, you can leave those lines as they are just there as an example. Place `export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin` directly below them and save the file. You'll then need to close and reopen your terminal for the change to take effect. – Brian Lee Jan 27 '20 at 06:02
How do I know if it's working? I tried typing `composer global about` but all I see in first line is `/Users/kristinabressler/.composer` – Kristina Bressler Jan 27 '20 at 06:12
I tried to start a new laravel project for the first time but it's not working... – Kristina Bressler Jan 27 '20 at 07:10

How to add ~/.composer/vendor/bin to $Path?

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