Install Laravel 5 Framework on Ubuntu OS

Laravel is a free, open-source PHP web application framework, created by Taylor Otwell and intended for the development of web applications following the model–view–controller (MVC) architectural pattern.

Website : laravel.com

1) Install LAMP server

• sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5-oldstable
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install -y php5 php5-mcrypt

2) Install Apache

• sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php5

3) Install MySQL

• sudo apt-get install mysql-server php5-mysql

4) Install Composer

• curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
• sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
• sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer

5) Install Laravel

• cd /var/www/html/
• git clone https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git
• cd /var/www/html/laravel/
• sudo composer install
• sudo chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/html/laravel
• sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/laravel
• sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/laravel/storage

6) New Apache VirtualHost

• sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel.example.com.conf
• Add Below code and save file.

<VirtualHost *:80>
        
        ServerName laravel.example.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html/laravel/public

        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>
        <Directory /var/www/html/laravel>
                AllowOverride All
        </Directory>

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        LogLevel warn
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

7) Start Website

• a2ensite laravel.example.com
• sudo service apache2 reload

8) Visit URL

• http://laravel.example.com

If URL is not working then follow below steps:

A) Add new site entry in hosts file.

• sudo vim /etc/hosts
• Add "127.0.0.1 laravel.example.com"

B) Generate APP_KEY

• php artisan key:generate
• Vim "/var/www/html/laravel/config/app.php"
• If app key is not updated in above file then enter key manually in below code.
• 'key' => env('APP_KEY', '<ENTER_YOUR_NEW_APP_KEY>'),

If you get any issue in above then put it in comment.