Laravel 5 Framework Install on Ubuntu

LAMP install

php:

$ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y php5 php5-mcrypt php5-gd php5-common

Install Apache2 or Nginx:

$ sudo apt-get install apache2

$ sudo apt-get install nginx

Install Mysql:

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server php5-mysql

Composer is required for installing Laravel dependencies. So, run the following command to get the latest Composer version:

$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer

First, download the Laravel installer using Composer:

$ composer global require "laravel/installer"

We want to make sure to place the ~/.composer/vendor/bin directory in our PATH so the laravel executable can be located by our system. In ~/.bashrc:

# Laravel 5
export PATH=$PATH:~/.composer/vendor/bin

Let's create a new project under our ~/Laravel:

$ laravel new test

Let's move the files and folders under the test directory to /var/www/laravel.

Then set the proper permissions necessary:

$ sudo chown -R :www-data laravel
$ sudo chmod 755 -R laravel/storage

Now let's set the 32 bit long random number encryption key which will be used by the Illuminate encryptor service:

$ php artisan key:generate
Application key [uvQoX9sbUSHHBYDhMADqKfsA1KZHfyYl] set successfully.

Now edit config/app.php configuration file and update above generated application key as followings. Also make sure cipher is set properly:

 'key' => env('APP_KEY', 'uvQoX9sbUSHHBYDhMADqKfsA1KZHfyYl'),
 'cipher' => 'AES-256-CBC',

Now add a Virtual Host in our Apache configuration file to access Laravel framework from web browser.

Create an Apache configuration file /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel.example.com.conf and add below content:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        
        ServerName laravel.example.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/laravel/public

        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>
        <Directory /var/www/laravel>
                AllowOverride All
        </Directory>

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

Enable website and reload Apache:

$ sudo a2ensite laravel.example.com
$ sudo service apache2 restart

Setup host file:

$ echo "127.0.0.1  laravel.example.com" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts