How to Install Laravel on Ubuntu 22.04 / Ubuntu 20.04

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Laravel is a popular open-source PHP framework for developers looking to build modern web applications based on PHP. It is compliant with the model view controller (MVC) framework.

It was developed by Taylor Otwell and based on Symfony. Taylor Otwell created Laravel to provide an alternative to the CodeIgniter framework.

Here, you will learn how to install Laravel on Ubuntu 22.04 / Ubuntu 20.04.

Install PHP 8 on Ubuntu 22.04

Laravel requires PHP version 8 or newer. Since Ubuntu 22.04 comes with PHP 8.1, you do not need to get PHP packages from external repositories. However, for Ubuntu 20.04, you need to set up the Ondřej Surý repository to install PHP 8.1.

Install PHP and a few other extensions with the below command.

sudo apt update

sudo apt install -y php php-common php-cli php-gd php-mysqlnd php-curl php-intl php-mbstring php-bcmath php-xml php-zip

Then, check the PHP version post the installation of packages.

php -v

Output:

PHP 8.1.2 (cli) (built: Apr  7 2022 17:46:26) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.1.2, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.1.2, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologie

Install PHP Composer on Ubuntu 22.04

Install Composer, a dependency manager for PHP that will help download and install Laravel with the necessary components for the application development.

sudo apt install -y curl

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/bin --filename=composer

Then, verify the composer version.

composer --version

Output:

Composer version 2.3.5 2022-04-13 16:43:00

Install Laravel on Ubuntu 22.04

After installing PHP composer on your system, create a Laravel project with the composer.

composer create-project laravel/laravel my_example_app

Now, go to the project directory.

cd my_example_app

Then, start Laravel’s local development server using the artisan serve command.

php artisan serve

You will get the message something like this.

Starting Laravel development server: http://127.0.0.1:8000
[Wed Apr 27 23:28:24 2022] PHP 8.1.5 Development Server (http://127.0.0.1:8000) started

By default, Laravel listens on the localhost with port 8000. However, you can use the –host and –port options to change the listening IP address and port of Laravel, respectively.

php artisan serve --host 192.168.0.10 --port 8000

You can open up your browser and access the Laravel development server with the IP address and the port number displayed in the previous command output.

You will now get the below web page.

Laravel on Ubuntu 22.04
Laravel on Ubuntu 22.04

Conclusion

That’s All. I hope you have learned how to install Laravel on Ubuntu 22.04 / Ubuntu 20.04. Next, you can perform initial configurations and read the documentation to learn Laravel.

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