Add and use composer on modx cloud
Open your terminal app.
$ ssh user@ftp.yourmodxsite.com
Use the credentials listed in your modxcloud settings.
If you get a message that the connection cannot be verified, just proceed.
Hit return and enter your password.
$ *
Now install composer:
$ curl -sS http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
Check if composer can be called:
$ php composer.phar
You should see something like this:
/ ____/___ ____ ___ ____ ____ ________ _____ / / / __ / __ `__ / __ / __ / / _ / / / // // / / / / / / // / // (__ ) / / _/_// // // ./_/____/_// /_/ Composer version 1.0-dev (2e73811211b7ea6de8de578fa50746fe679f2297) 2015-04-21 20:02:17
Well done :)