Installing Laravel on Ubuntu 22.04

Laravel is a popular PHP web framework used for building web applications. It provides a clean and elegant syntax while offering a wide range of features such as routing, caching, and database migrations. To install Laravel on Ubuntu 22.04, you can follow the steps below: 1. Update Packages: Open a terminal and run the following command to update the package lists for upgrades and new package installations:

sudo apt update

2. Install Composer: Laravel uses Composer, a PHP dependency manager, for managing its dependencies. To install Composer, run the following command:

sudo apt install composer

3. Install PHP and Extensions: Laravel requires PHP and some extensions to be installed on your system. Run the following command to install PHP and its extensions:

sudo apt install php php-cli php-fpm php-json php-pdo php-mysql php-zip php-gd php-mbstring php-curl php-xml php-pear php-bcmath

4. Install Laravel: Once Composer and PHP are installed, you can create a new Laravel project by running the following command:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel myproject

This command will download and install the latest version of Laravel in a directory named "myproject". 5. Start Laravel Development Server: Change to the project directory using the following command:

cd myproject

Then, start the Laravel development server by running the following command:

php artisan serve

This will start the development server on http://localhost:8000. Congratulations! You have successfully installed Laravel on Ubuntu 22.04. You can now start building your web application using the powerful Laravel framework.