CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phplaravel-4composer-php
J86
J86

Reputation: 15237

How to install Laravel 4 packages on Windows

Is it me or are resources on this sparse for absolute n00bs that have never worked with PHP Frameworks.

I have managed to install Laravel 4 on my Windows via WAMP.

I would now like to install this package on my Laravel installation.

How do I do that? The docs on github say:

Add thujohn/twitter to composer.json.

"thujohn/twitter": "dev-master"

It doesn't say where to add it though, that file has many other nested elements in it. Also, the documentation then says:

Run composer update to pull down the latest version of Twitter.

Where do I type and run that command? Is it in Windows CMD? Do I have to navigate anywhere first? All the above might be obvious to the experienced person, but to n00bs it isn't at all.

Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.

UPDATE

Further down the docs, it also says to run:

Run php artisan config:publish thujohn/twitter and modify the config file with your own informations.

This too is to be typed and ran in the command prompt in the directory where the composer.json file sits.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 162

Answers (2)

user2629998
user2629998

Reputation:

You need to have Composer installed on your system, once that's done you can open a command prompt, and run composer anywhere you want.

So to install that package, edit your composer.json file that's in your Laravel root directory, then open a command prompt, cd to that directory and run the necessary composer commands there.

Upvotes: 1

Matt Burrow
Matt Burrow

Reputation: 11057

Add the line "thujohn/twitter": "dev-master" to the require section like so; 

"require" : {
    "thujohn/twitter": "dev-master"
}

If you have other packages above be sure to put a comma at the end of the last line.

Within the folder in which your composer.json and other files are, hold shift and click Open command prompt here. (Or something along them lines). Then type and run the command composer update. And your done.

Upvotes: 4

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