yii2 Tutorial => Install Yii2 advanced in ubuntu

Example

First we need to install composer. Steps to install composer Install Composer.

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Now change directory:

sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Check composer working

composer

Now Composer installed.

There two ways to install Yii2 advance.

1.Installing from an Archive File

Get zip file from below link.

Unzip it into destination directory, e.g. /var/www/html.

Move inside the "advanced" folder. Move manually or type below command.

cd advanced

Run below command.

php init

2.Installing via Composer

Installing via composer require github authentication token. For token you need to sign up on GitHub.

After signup you can generate your token :

Steps to generate a token

In the top right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings.
In the user settings sidebar, click Personal access tokens.
Click Generate new token.
Give your token a descriptive name.
Select the scopes you wish to grant to this token.
Click Generate token.
Copy the token to your clipboard. For security reasons, after you navigate off this page, no one will be able to see the token again.

After Generating token copy it

Change directory

cd /var/www/html/

Run below command

composer config -g github-oauth.github.com <AuthToken>

example:

composer config -g github-oauth.github.com f1eefb8f188c22dd6467f1883cb2615c194d1ce1

Install yii2

composer create-project --prefer-dist yiisoft/yii2-app-advanced advanced

Move inside the "advanced" folder. Move manually or type below command.

cd advanced

Run below command.

php init

Its done!

Now you can check it.

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