laravel

--- get laravel.phar ---

wget http://laravel.com/laravel.phar
sudo mv laravel.phar /usr/local/bin/laravel
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/laravel
which laravel

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install php5-curl
sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt
sudo service apache2 restart

--- create project with laravel.phar ---

laravel new folder
composer update
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data app/storage/ (requires write access by the web server)

(or in Makefile)
sudo chown www-data:www-data app/storage/ app/storage/cache/ app/storage/logs/ app/storage/meta/ app/storage/sessions/ app/storage/views/

--- check config ---

app/config/app.php (url, timezone, locale)

--- paths ---

bootstrap/paths.php (configure framework directory paths)