How to Install the latest version of Laravel?

To install the latest version of Laravel on a Windows or Ubuntu OS, we will need to have the following tools installed on our system,

Required Tools For Laravel

1. PHP installed on your machine How To Install PHP In Windows 10.
2. Composer: Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. You will need it to install Laravel and its dependencies. You can check here Install Composer on Linux and Windows in 3 Steps
3. Git: Git is a version control system that you will need to clone the Laravel repository from GitHub. You can download Git from https://git-scm.com/downloads.

Steps to Install the latest version of Laravel

Once you have these tools installed, follow these steps to install Laravel:

1. Open a command prompt or terminal window and navigate to the directory where you want to install Laravel.
2. Run the following command to install Laravel using Composer:
   composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel your-project-name
   Replace “your-project-name” with the name you want to give to your project. This will create a new Laravel project in a directory with the same name as your project.
3. Go to the project directory by running the following command:
   cd your-project-name
4. Run the following command to start the Laravel development server:
   php artisan serve

This will start the development server at http://localhost:8000. You can access your Laravel application by visiting this URL in your web browser.

That’s it! You have successfully installed and set up a new Laravel project on your Windows machine.

Also, Read:

How to Run Laravel Project on Localhost

Happy Coding..!