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Merge pull request #5246 from bamarni/patch-8 

doc - some rephrasing for global cli install
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Jordi Boggiano 2016-04-28 19:53:21 +01:00
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This is merely a helper to manage a project stored in a central location that
can hold CLI tools or Composer plugins that you want to have available everywhere.
This can be used to install CLI utilities globally and if you add
`$COMPOSER_HOME/vendor/bin` to your `$PATH` environment variable. Here is an
example:
This can be used to install CLI utilities globally. Here is an example:
```sh
php composer.phar global require fabpot/php-cs-fixer:dev-master
php composer.phar global require fabpot/php-cs-fixer
```
Now the `php-cs-fixer` binary is available globally (assuming you adjusted
your PATH). If you wish to update the binary later on you can just run a
global update:
Now the `php-cs-fixer` binary is available globally. Just make sure your global
[vendor binaries](articles/vendor-binaries.md) directory is in your `$PATH`
environment variable, you can get its location with the following command :
```sh
php composer.phar global config bin-dir --absolute
```
If you wish to update the binary later on you can just run a global update:
```sh
php composer.phar global update