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add installer information

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Rob Bast 2015-06-30 08:43:54 +02:00
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@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ Linux and OSX.
### Downloading the Composer Executable
Composer offers a convenient installer that you can execute directly from the
commandline. Feel free to [download this file](https://getcomposer.org/installer)
or review it on [GitHub](https://github.com/composer/getcomposer.org/blob/master/web/installer)
if you wish to know more about the inner workings of the installer. The source
is plain PHP.
There are in short, two ways to install Composer. Locally as part of your
project, or globally as a system wide executable.
@ -93,11 +99,16 @@ Run these commands to globally install `composer` on your system:
```sh
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/composer
```
> **Note:** If the above fails due to permissions, run the `mv` and `chmod` line
> again with sudo.
> **Note:** If the above fails due to permissions, run the `mv` line again
> with sudo.
A quick copy-paste version including sudo:
```sh
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
```
> **Note:** On some versions of OSX the `/usr` directory does not exist by
> default. If you receive the error "/usr/local/bin/composer: No such file or