How To Install Laravel 7 Framework on Ubuntu 16.04/18.04/20.04

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In this post, We will install Laravel on ubutnu 16.04 | 18.04 | 20.04

Step 1: Update system

You need to update the current ubuntu repository and upgrade it by using the following command.

$ sudo apt-get update 
$ sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Step 2: Install Apache Web Server.

$ sudo apt-get install apache2 -y

Get the status of the Apache web server.

$ sudo systemctl status aopache2.service.

Step 3: Install PHP 7.4

To add the PHP 7.4 repo in ubuntu, Use the following commands with root privileges.

$ sudo -i
$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
$ sudo apt-get update 
$ sudo apt-get install php7.4 -y
$ sudo apt-get install  php7.4-curl php-pear  php7.4-gd  php7.4-dev  php7.4-zip php7.4-mbstring php7.4-mysql php7.4-xml
 -y

Step 4: Install Laravel 

$ cd /tmp
$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
$ cd /var/www/html
$ sudo composer create-project laravel/laravel your-project –prefer-dist

Step 5: Configuring Apache

$ sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www/html/your-project
$ sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/your-project/storage

$ sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel.conf

Add the configuration.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourdomain.tld

    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/your-project/public

    <Directory /var/www/html/your-project>
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>

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

$ sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
$ sudo a2ensite laravel.conf
$ sudo a2enmod rewrite
$ sudo service apache2 restart

Step 6: Testing Laravel

Open the browser with http://localhost

How To Install Laravel 7 Framework on Ubuntu 16.04/18.04/20.04

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