Laravel required following software and extensions to be installed on your system:
Apache MySQL/MariaDB PHP >= 7.0.0 OpenSSL PHP Extension PDO PHP Extension Mbstring PHP Extension Tokenizer PHP Extension XML PHP Extension
Step 1 – Prerequsiteis
To start with Laravel, we first need to set up a running LAMP server. If you have already running LAMP stack skip this step else use followings commands to set up the lamp on Debian 9 system. Install PHP 7 Install Apache2 Install MySQL
Step 2 – Install PHP Composer
The composer is required for installing Laravel dependencies. So use below commands to download and use as a command in our system.
Step 3 – Install Laravel on Debian 9
Download the latest version of Laravel from the official git repository. Use the below command to clone the master branch of the Laravel from GitHub. Navigate to Laravel code directory and use composer to install all dependencies required for the Laravel framework. The dependencies installation may take some time as per your network speed. After successfully installing all dependencies, set the proper permissions on all files.
Step 4 – Set Encryption Key
Now, rename the .evn.example file to .env in projects main directory. This will use to setup application environment for the project. Now generate base64 random number encryption key, which used by the Illuminate encrypter service. Edit the .env configuration file and update the required settings. Also, make sure APP_KEY is properly set as generated in above command.
Step 5 – Creating MySQL Database
You may also require creating a database for your Laravel application. Login to your MySQL server and create MySQL database and user.
Edit the .env file and update database settings.
Step 6 – Apache Configuration
You can create a new Apache configuration file or edit Apache default virtual host configuration file 000-default.conf and update DocumentRoot to Laravel public directory as below. Update configuration as: Reload Apache configuration changes by restarting service using below command
Step 7 – Access Laravel Application
Laravel PHP framework has been successfully configured on your system. Access the Laravel application in your favorite web browser as per configured Apache.
Let’s start building an awesome application using Laravel PHP Framework. Happy coding!
