Laravel 5.x requires PHP version 5.5.9+. Also, in case you want to use database (sqlite or mysql), install Sqlite3, Mysql or PostgreSQL server.
Install composer with
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer |
Install Laravel (option 1)
composer create-project laravel/laravel laravel-test |
Instal Laravel (option 2)
composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1" |
Add the following to .bashrc file
export PATH="~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH" |
at the end of the file then in terminal type
source ~/.bashrc |
and verify that $PATH variable contains the full path to laravel executable.
Then create new Laravel project with
laravel new laravel-test |
Test installation
cd laravel-test php -S localhost:8888 -t public |
and open http://localhost:8888 in your web browser