Setup PHP 8.4 & Composer on Ubuntu

• Add third party repo
  • LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
• Update
  • sudo apt update
• Install
  • sudo apt -y install php8.4-cli php8.4-fpm
• Verify PHP installation
  • php –version
• Download composer
  • curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php
• Install composer
  • php composer-setup.php
• Move composer file to standard location
  • sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
• Verify composer installation
  • composer –version
• Setup laravel for global use
  • composer global require laravel/installer
• Add to path
  • vi ~/.bash_profile
  • export PATH=~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH
  • source ~/.bash_profile