How to install Laravel in Ubuntu 16.10

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Open your terminal using Ctrl+Alt+T and type the following commands

##Step 1: Update & Upgrade

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

##Step 2: Install PHP

sudo apt-get install php7.0-cli php7.0-zip  php-mbstring php7.0-mbstring php-gettext libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mysql

##Step 3: Install Composer

sudo apt-get install composer

##Step 4: Install Laravel

composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"

##Step 5: Add composer to path to access laravel globally

export PATH="~/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

##Step 6: Create a new Laravel application

laravel new testapp

##Step 7: Install missing packages and their dependencies

cd testapp
composer install

##Step 8: Generate APP_KEY for testapp

php artisan key:generate

##Step 9: Test the application

php -S localhost:8888 -t public

Open a web browser and visit localhost:8888 to see the laravel welcome page

##Step 10: Configuring Database Terminate php server in terminal by pressing Ctrl+C

Download mysql-server by typing the following command in the terminal

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Once done, login to mysql shell

mysql -u root -p

Enter your root password

Create a new user

CREATE USER 'laravel'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'laravel';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'laravel'@'localhost';

Thus you have successfully create a new user 'laravel' with the password 'laravel' and full privileges.

Now, logout from mysql shell by typing \q and login again from laravel user

mysql -u laravel -p

Enter password as laravel

Create a new database 'testapp'

create database testapp;

Logout from mysql shell by typing \q

##Step 11: Connect 'testapp' to 'mysql' database Open your .env file in 'testapp' directory

nano .env

Inside .env file, set

DB_DATABASE=testapp
DB_USERNAME=laravel
DB_PASSWORD=laravel

Save the file by pressing Ctrl+O followed by Enter. Exit nano editor by pressing `Ctrl+X'

Run migrations to create tables in mysql database

php artisan migrate

Thus you have successfully installed laravel and configured it to use mysql.

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