Install composer globally

PHP
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I did use below to install composer globally:
$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
and it seems it is done. when I go under the folder where my composer.json is present to use:
$ composer update
or even if I want to do another action that has nothing to do with json like self-update I get:

[RuntimeException]
The HOME or COMPOSER_HOME environment variable must be set for composer to run correctly

What should I do?

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@nimasdj, are you using windows ?. Then just use the Composer-Setup.exe .

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No, I am on *nix. what should I do?

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Literally the first Google result is your solution.

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Thanks. I use a ionCubed script and it denies auto_prepend_file. Is there any other trick to solve this? Otherwise I have to delete the global composer, how to delete it? Just deleting from /etc/lib/bin/composer is enough? Or do I need to clean something from elsewhere too as I installed it with sudo?

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Instead of auto_prepend a file with putenv, can I set the environment in php.ini itself as I said the problem above? If yes how and if no how to delete it as I asked above?

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In windows I tried this first in terminal or CMD.

Close your current terminal. Test usage with a new terminal:



C:\Users\username>composer -V

Composer version 27d8904
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An advice yet?

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My advice is to set one of those environment variables, so that composer can run correctly.

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I’m sorry.

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How to set those environments? I can’t use a file with putenv() then auto_prepend it in php.ini. Is there any other way to set those environments?

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On a *NIX machine do the following.

Once on server goto current home directory:

$ cd ~

Create or edit the .bashrc file using vi or a editor of choice.

$ sudo vi .bashrc

Set environment variable in .bashrc file by wrtting the below line to the file.

export COMPOSER_HOME=/path/to/composer

Save file.

Exit terminal and login again.

Verify environment variable exists by issuing the following command.

echo $COMPOSER_HOME

disclaimer: I’m not nearly as proficient with the shell as I’m with application languages such as; php but I believe most of that to be correct.

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in /root/.bashrc I added:

export COMPOSER_HOME=/usr/local/bin/.composer

but I get blank for

echo $COMPOSER_HOME

please advice.

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did you log out and back into your terminal? Because… bashrc wont execute until you do.

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This does not help.

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Why are we making mountains out of molehills here folks? Just put the darn thing in /usr/local, which is already on the path.

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