How to install Laravel on Ubuntu 22.04

Step8: Composer is a vital PHP dependency manager designed to simplify the process of downloading PHP libraries for our project , use the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# curl -ss https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/bin --filename=composer
All settings correct for using Composer
Downloading...

Composer (version 2.7.7) successfully installed to: /usr/bin/composer

Step9: Check composer installation by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# composer
Do not run Composer as root/super user! See https://getcomposer.org/root for details
Continue as root/super user [yes]? yes
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Composer version 2.7.7 2024-06-10 22:11:12

Usage:
  command [options] [arguments]

Options:
  -h, --help                     Display help for the given command. When no command is given display help for the list command
  -q, --quiet                    Do not output any message
  -V, --version                  Display this application version
      --ansi|--no-ansi           Force (or disable --no-ansi) ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction           Do not ask any interactive question
      --profile                  Display timing and memory usage information
      --no-plugins               Whether to disable plugins.
      --no-scripts               Skips the execution of all scripts defined in composer.json file.
  -d, --working-dir=WORKING-DIR  If specified, use the given directory as working directory.
      --no-cache                 Prevent use of the cache
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose           Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug

Available commands:
  
  self-update          [selfupdate] Updates composer.phar to the latest version
  show                 [info] Shows information about packages
  status               Shows a list of locally modified packages
  suggests             Shows package suggestions
  update               [u|upgrade] Updates your dependencies to the latest version according to composer.json, and updates the composer.lock file
  validate             Validates a composer.json and composer.lock

Step10: Go to document root of the website, in this we utilize default Apache document root using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# cd /var/www/html

Step11: Create project using the below command and give yes

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# composer create-project laravel/laravel linuxhelp-project
Do not run Composer as root/super user! See https://getcomposer.org/root for details
Continue as root/super user [yes]? yes
Creating a "laravel/laravel" project at "./linuxhelp-project"
Cannot use laravel/laravel's latest version v11.1.4 as it requires php ^8.2 which is not satisfied by your platform.
Installing laravel/laravel (v10.3.3)
  - Downloading laravel/laravel (v10.3.3)
  - Installing laravel/laravel (v10.3.3): Extracting archive
Created project in /var/www/html/linuxhelp-project
> @php -r "file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');"
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies
Lock file operations: 112 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
  - Locking brick/math (0.12.1)
  - Locking carbonphp/carbon-doctrine-types (2.1.0)
  - Locking dflydev/dot-access-data (v3.0.3)
  - Locking doctrine/inflector (2.0.10)
  - Locking doctrine/lexer (3.0.1)
  - Locking dragonmantank/cron-expression (v3.3.3)
  - Locking egulias/email-validator (4.0.2)
  - Locking fakerphp/faker (v1.23.1)
  - Locking filp/whoops (2.15.4)
  - Locking fruitcake/php-cors (v1.3.0)
  - Locking graham-campbell/result-type (v1.1.3)
  - Locking guzzlehttp/guzzle (7.9.2)
  - Locking guzzlehttp/promises (2.0.3)
  - Locking guzzlehttp/psr7 (2.7.0)
  - Locking guzzlehttp/uri-template (v1.0.3)
  - Locking hamcrest/hamcrest-php (v2.0.1)
  - Locking laravel/framework (v10.48.18)
  - Locking laravel/pint (v1.17.0)
  - Locking laravel/prompts (v0.1.24)
> @php artisan package:discover --ansi

   INFO  Discovering packages.  

  laravel/sail ................................................................................................................................ DONE
  laravel/sanctum ............................................................................................................................. DONE
  laravel/tinker .............................................................................................................................. DONE
  nesbot/carbon ............................................................................................................................... DONE
  nunomaduro/collision ........................................................................................................................ DONE
  nunomaduro/termwind ......................................................................................................................... DONE
  spatie/laravel-ignition ..................................................................................................................... DONE

83 packages you are using are looking for funding.
Use the `composer fund` command to find out more!
> @php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-assets --ansi --force

   INFO  No publishable resources for tag [laravel-assets].  

No security vulnerability advisories found.
> @php artisan key:generate --ansi

   INFO  Application key set successfully.  

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# cd linuxhelp-project/

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html/linuxhelp-project# sudo chown  -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/linuxhelp-project
 
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html/linuxhelp-project# sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/linuxhelp-project/storage

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html/linuxhelp-project# cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/

root@linuxhelp:/etc/apache2/sites-available# touch laravel.conf

root@linuxhelp:/etc/apache2/sites-available# vim laravel.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
Servername 192.168.6.133
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/linuxhelp-project/public

<Directory /var/www/html/linuxhelp-project>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>
 

root@linuxhelp:/etc/apache2/sites-available# a2ensite laravel.conf
Enabling site laravel.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

root@linuxhelp:/etc/apache2/sites-available# apachectl -t
AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message
Syntax OK

root@linuxhelp:/etc/apache2/sites-available# systemctl reload apache2