In this article, we will have explained the necessary steps to install Laravel on Rocky Linux 8. Before continuing with this tutorial, make sure you are logged in as a user with sudo
privileges. All the commands in this tutorial should be run as a non-root user.
Laravel is one of the most popular PHP frameworks in the world, and it’s great for developers looking to build modern web applications. Its philosophy is to develop PHP code elegantly and simply based on an MVC (Model-View-Controller) model.
Install Laravel on Rocky Linux 8
Step 1. First, before you start installing any package on your Rocky Linux server, we always recommend making sure that all system packages are updated.
sudo dnf install epel-release sudo dnf update sudo dnf upgrade
Step 2. Install PHP.
Installing PHP and a few other extensions with the below command:
sudo dnf install php php-common php-cli php-gd php-mysqlnd php-curl php-intl php-mbstring php-bcmath php-xml php-zip
Verify the PHP version:
php -v
Step 3. Install PHP Composer.
To install composer, run the following command:
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
After that, move the downloaded binary to the system path and set proper permission:
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer
Verify the composer version:
composer --version
Step 4. Install Laravel on Rocky Linux.
First, create a Laravel project using the following command below:
composer create-project laravel/laravel my_project_app
After that, go to the project directory and start Laravel’s local development server:
cd my_project_app php artisan serve
You should get the following output:
Starting Laravel development server: http://127.0.0.1:8000
Step 5. Accessing Laravel Interface.
Finally, open your web browser and go to http://127.0.0.1:8000
and you will now get the below web page:
That’s all you need to do to install Laravel on Rocky Linux 8. I hope you find this quick tip helpful. For further reading on Laravel PHP frameworks, please refer to their official knowledge base. If you have questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment below.