From 2ff8858370aa7c0285de74949ec3f2cb062e2fdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jordi Boggiano Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:24:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions to install from source --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 25b6fdac8..32293404d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ themselves. To create libraries/packages please read the [guidelines](http://pac 3. Run Composer: `php composer.phar install` 4. Browse for more packages on [Packagist](http://packagist.org). +Installation from Source +------------------------ + +To run tests, or develop Composer itself, you must use the sources and not the phar +file as described above. + +1. Run `git clone https://github.com/composer/composer.git` +2. Download the [`composer.phar`](http://getcomposer.org/composer.phar) executable +3. Run Composer to get the dependencies: `php composer.phar install` + Contributing ------------