Laravel 8 Install in Ubuntu Tutorial

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Today,I will explain you how to install laravel 8 on ubuntu. we will show step by step install laravel 8 on ubuntu 16.04 18.04 and 20.00 .I will first install composer on upbantu.

Here, I will give you full example for laravel 8 install in ubuntu example as bellow.

Step 1: Install Composer

In this step,We will download the composer using the below command.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl
sudo curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Now we move the composer.phar file into the bin folder and set the permission for all users.

sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer

Step 2: Install Laravel 8 Now this step, I will move on root directory “/var/www/html” and .download and install fresh laravel.

cd /var/www/html
composer create-project laravel/laravel blog --prefer-dist "8.*"

After installation laravel 8, we need to permission for the new directory. so we will set permission using the below command.

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/blog/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/blog/

Step 3: Configure Apache2 Here this step, we will configure the Apache2 site configuration file for Laravel. Run the below command to create a new configuration file. like laravel.conf

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel.conf

After creating a file, copy and paste below the code in this file and save it.

<VirtualHost *:80>   
  ServerAdmin admin@example.com
     DocumentRoot /var/www/html/blog/public
     ServerName example.com

     <Directory /var/www/html/blog/public>
        Options +FollowSymlinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
     </Directory>

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

Enable Laravel virtual host site and Apache2 Rewrite Module After the configuring Apache2 server. We will need to enable laravel virtual host site and Apache2 rewrite module. so we will enable using the below command.

sudo a2ensite laravel.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite

Step 4: Restart Apache2 server Step 4: Restart Apache2 server Now the follow all the above changes. We will need to restart Apache2 using the below command.