How do I use composer in Windows?
- Download the Composer-Setup.exe file from the download page here. Install the software.
- Close all file-explorers and command windows. Open a new command window and type composer. You should see Composer should load its initial home output, if not, see the paragraph below.
Herein, how do I run composer?
Installation - Windows# This is the easiest way to get Composer set up on your machine. Download and run Composer-Setup.exe. It will install the latest Composer version and set up your PATH so that you can call composer from any directory in your command line. Note: Close your current terminal.
- Open a terminal and navigate to the directory your php binary is. (or any other directory that exists under your system path)
- Create a composer.bat by running the following command: echo "@ECHO OFF" "php '%~dp0composer.phar' %*" > composer.bat.
Besides, where should Composer be installed?
To install composer globally, use the following command which will download and install Composer as a system-wide command named composer , under /usr/local/bin : sudo php composer-setup. php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer.
composer install is primarily used in the 'deploying phase' to install our application on a production server or on a testing environment, using the same dependencies stored in the composer. lock file created by composer update.