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Jordi Boggiano 12 years ago
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Composer is a package manager tracking local dependencies of your projects and libraries.
See the [about page](http://packagist.org/about) on [packagist.org](http://packagist.org/) for more information.
See [http://getcomposer.org/](http://getcomposer.org/) for more information and documentation.
[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/composer/composer.png)](http://travis-ci.org/composer/composer)
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2. Download the [`composer.phar`](http://getcomposer.org/composer.phar) executable
3. Run Composer to get the dependencies: `php composer.phar install`
Global installation of composer (manual)
Global installation of Composer (manual)
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Since composer works with the current working directory it is possible to install it
Since Composer works with the current working directory it is possible to install it
in a system wide way.
1. Change into a directory in your path like `cd /usr/local/bin`
2. Get composer `curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php`
2. Get Composer `curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php`
3. Make the phar executeable `chmod a+x composer.phar`
4. Change into a project directory `cd /path/to/my/project`
5. Use composer as you normally would `composer.phar install`
5. Use Composer as you normally would `composer.phar install`
6. Optionally you can rename the composer.phar to composer to make it easier
Global installation of composer (via homebrew)
Global installation of Composer (via homebrew)
----------------------------------------------
Installing via this homebrew formula will always get you the latest composer version.
Installing via this homebrew formula will always get you the latest Composer version.
1. run `brew uninstall composer ; brew install --HEAD https://raw.github.com/gist/1574469/composer.rb`
2. Change into a project directory `cd /path/to/my/project`
3. Use composer as you normally would `composer.phar install`
3. Use Composer as you normally would `composer.phar install`
*You will see a warning "Warning: Cannot verify package integrity"; however,
this is benign and expected.*
Updating composer
Updating Composer
-----------------
Running `php composer.phar self-update` or equivalent will update a phar
install with the latest version.
Configuration
-------------
Additional options for composer can be configured in `composer.json` by using the `config` section.
``` json
{
"config": {
"vendor-dir": "custom/path/for/vendor"
}
}
```
* `vendor-dir`: The location to install vendor packages. The location can be supplied as an absolute or relative path but **must** be within the current working directory.
Contributing
------------

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