How to run composer.json?

Question

{     "name": "laravel/laravel",     "description": "The Laravel Framework.",     "keywords": ["framework", "laravel"],     "license": "MIT",     "require": {         "laravel/framework": "4.1.*"     },     "autoload": {         "classmap": [             "app/commands",             "app/controllers",             "app/models",             "app/database/migrations",             "app/database/seeds",             "app/tests/TestCase.php"         ]     },     "scripts": {         "post-install-cmd": [             "php artisan clear-compiled",             "php artisan optimize"         ],         "post-update-cmd": [             "php artisan clear-compiled",             "php artisan optimize"         ],         "post-create-project-cmd": [             "php artisan key:generate"         ]     },     "config": {         "preferred-install": "dist"     },     "minimum-stability": "stable" } 

I'am executing this in my windows console:

php composer.json create-project test2 

I just get the above string and nothing happens? how to properly run the composer.json to create a project?

Answer 1

You must download composer:

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php 

or

php -r "readfile('https://getcomposer.org/installer');" | php 

and next you should run if you have composer.json file:

composer.phar install 

or if you want create new project

composer.phar create-project 

Answer 2

use composer update in the same folder that has composer.json, when the composer command (eg. test with composer --version) already exists in your terminal.