[Doc] Added a note to install composer globally
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### Downloading the Composer Executable
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### Downloading the Composer Executable
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#### Locally
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To actually get Composer, we need to do two things. The first one is installing
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To actually get Composer, we need to do two things. The first one is installing
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Composer (again, this mean downloading it into your project):
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Composer (again, this mean downloading it into your project):
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$ curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=bin
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$ curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=bin
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#### Globally
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You can place this file anywhere you wish. If you put it in your `PATH`,
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You can place this file anywhere you wish. If you put it in your `PATH`,
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you can access it globally. On unixy systems you can even make it
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you can access it globally. On unixy systems you can even make it
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executable and invoke it without `php`.
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executable and invoke it without `php`.
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You can run these commands to easily acces `composer` from anywhere on your system:
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$ curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
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$ sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
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Then, just run `composer` in order to run composer
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### Using Composer
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### Using Composer
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Next, run the `install` command to resolve and download dependencies:
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Next, run the `install` command to resolve and download dependencies:
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$ php composer.phar self-update
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$ php composer.phar self-update
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If you have installed composer for your entire system (see [global installation](00-intro.md#globally)),
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you have to run the command with `root` privileges
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$ sudo composer self-update
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## create-project
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## create-project
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You can use Composer to create new projects from an existing package.
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You can use Composer to create new projects from an existing package.
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