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How to install laravel on macOS (laravel/laravel) · gitmanual

How to install on macOS

laravel/laravel

Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We’ve already laid the foundation for your next big idea — freeing you to create without sweating the small things.

Node.jsVitePHPLaravel#framework#laravel#php

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Start here

Website ↗laravel.comThe project's own site.Docs ↗laravel.comLinked from the README.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it runs on macOS

You'll build it yourself with Node.js, PHP.

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6 steps on macOS

Download setup.sh

Then run bash setup.sh. It stops at the first error and is safe to run again. Servers and tests aren't started; it lists them at the end. Read it first.

Clone the repository

Needs Git: xcode-select --install

git clone https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git
cd laravel

Install the required runtimes

Node.js LTS (no version pinned), PHP ^8.3

# needs nvm: brew install nvm (or https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm)
nvm install --lts
brew install php composer

3
Configure environment variables
Fill in secrets: APP_KEY, REDIS_PASSWORD, MAIL_PASSWORD, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
```
cp .env.example .env
```
4
Install dependencies
```
npm install
composer install
```

Set up the database / app

php artisan key:generate
php artisan migrate

6
Run it
Run each command in its own terminal.
```
npm run dev
php artisan serve
```

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Parts list

1×Node.js LTS (no version pinned)runtime
1×PHP ^8.3runtime
1×npm package manager
1×composer package manager

43× settings in .env

APP_NAME
APP_ENV
APP_KEYsecret
APP_DEBUG
APP_URL
APP_LOCALE
APP_FALLBACK_LOCALE
APP_FAKER_LOCALE
APP_MAINTENANCE_DRIVER
BCRYPT_ROUNDS
LOG_CHANNEL
LOG_STACK
LOG_DEPRECATIONS_CHANNEL
LOG_LEVEL
DB_CONNECTION
SESSION_DRIVER
SESSION_LIFETIME
SESSION_ENCRYPT
SESSION_PATH
SESSION_DOMAIN
BROADCAST_CONNECTION
FILESYSTEM_DISK
QUEUE_CONNECTION
CACHE_STORE
MEMCACHED_HOST
REDIS_CLIENT
REDIS_HOST
REDIS_PASSWORDsecret
REDIS_PORT
MAIL_MAILER
MAIL_SCHEME
MAIL_HOST
MAIL_PORT
MAIL_USERNAME
MAIL_PASSWORDsecret
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS
MAIL_FROM_NAME
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDsecret
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEYsecret
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
AWS_BUCKET
AWS_USE_PATH_STYLE_ENDPOINT
VITE_APP_NAME

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package.json scripts (2)

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Files we read (9)

.env.example

.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml

.github/workflows/issues.yml

.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml

.github/workflows/tests.yml

.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml

README.md

composer.json

package.json

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