updated intro and basic-usage to reflect new --install-dir option

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Wil Moore III 13 years ago
parent f546025bae
commit 1ee715ead5

@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ composer:
This will just check a few PHP settings and then download `composer.phar` to This will just check a few PHP settings and then download `composer.phar` to
your working directory. This file is the composer binary. your working directory. This file is the composer binary.
You can install composer to a specific directory by using the `--install-dir`
option and providing a target directory (it can be an absolute or relative path):
$ curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=bin
After that we run the command for installing all dependencies: After that we run the command for installing all dependencies:
$ php composer.phar install $ php composer.phar install

@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ You can place this file anywhere you wish. If you put it in your `PATH`,
you can access it globally. On unixy systems you can even make it you can access it globally. On unixy systems you can even make it
executable and invoke it without `php`. executable and invoke it without `php`.
You can install composer to a specific directory by using the `--install-dir`
option and providing a target directory (it can be an absolute or relative path):
$ curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=bin
To check if composer is working, just run the PHAR through `php`: To check if composer is working, just run the PHAR through `php`:
$ php composer.phar $ php composer.phar
@ -178,4 +183,4 @@ This can be useful for autoloading classes in a test suite, for example.
that one, you can just include `vendor/.composer/autoload_namespaces.php`, that one, you can just include `vendor/.composer/autoload_namespaces.php`,
which returns an associative array mapping namespaces to directories. which returns an associative array mapping namespaces to directories.
← [Intro](00-intro.md) | [Libraries](02-libraries.md) → ← [Intro](00-intro.md) | [Libraries](02-libraries.md) →

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