Setup Laravel project after cloning

Question

So I have just cloned big repo with Laravel project, for the moment this folder (lets call it /var/www/project) does not have vendor folder, .env file, autoload files etc.

Is there some kind of detailed united tutorial with all the steps what should I do next? Install composer (it is already installed on my computer, I have other working projects), generate autoload files and vendors?

Which commands should I run in my console (I have Ubuntu 14.04) to make this folder a working virtual host? Or could someone be so kind to give me all the instructions?

Answer 1

1. run composer install to generate depedencies in vendor folder
2. change .env.example to .env
3. run php artisan key:generate
4. configure .env

basiclly you need do these things, more info you should check docs

Answer 2

Windows

Go to the project folder
Shift+Right Click -> Open command window here

Mac

Open Terminal, Type "cd " (with a space)
From finder, Drag the project folder
Press Enter to go inside the project folder

Compose

composer install

Generate Key

php artisan key:generate

Setup Database

Open the file .env
(Assuming wamp or xampp)
Edit values to match your database
Add empty database using phpmyadmin
Include that name in the DB_DATABASE

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=students_data
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

Get Tables

php artisan migrate

Get default/initial/dummy table values

php artisan db:seed

Run the project

php artisan serve

Answer 3

• Install Docker Desktop. See https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/installation for details.

• Change working directory to project dir.

• Set up sail dependencies:

  docker run --rm \
      -v $(pwd):/opt \
      -w /opt \
      laravelsail/php80-composer:latest \
      composer install
  

  See https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/sail#installing-composer-dependencies-for-existing-projects for details.

• Run the docker container:

  vendor/bin/sail up
  

• Connect to MySQL container shell:

  vendor/bin/sail exec mysql bash
  

• Inside that shell, create the database:

  mysql --password= --execute='create database yourDatabaseName'
  exit
  

• Connect to Laravel container shell:

  vendor/bin/sail bash
  

• Copy .env file:

  cp .env.example .env
  

• Generate application key:

  php artisan key:generate
  

• Seed the database:

  php artisan migrate:fresh --seed
  

• Visit the site on host machine: http://localhost

Answer 4

1. clone the repo
git clone <l_repo>

2. go into the repo
cd l_repo

3. install require packages
composer install

4. generate the laravel project key
php artisan key:generate

5. migrate and seed at the same time
php artisan migrate:fresh --seed

6A. convert ".env.example" to ".env"

6B. change the 'database name' & 'username' & 'password'
DB_HOST=localhost DB_DATABASE=own_databse_name DB_USERNAME=root DB_PASSWORD=

7. Change the file upload limit for php.ini
upload_max_filesize = 4G post_max_size = $4G

8. Link with storage
php artisan storage:link

9. start the server
php artisan serve

Answer 5

Follow the Install Laravel documentation: https://laravel.com/docs/5.2#installation