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11/25/2014 - 3:32 AM

Installing Homestead 2.0 on a Mac

Installing Homestead 2.0 on a Mac

# Add Homestead Vagrant box
vagrant box add laravel/homestead

# Install PHP 5.6 and Composer
brew update
brew tap homebrew/dupes
brew tap homebrew/php
brew install php56
brew install composer

# Composer require Homestead
composer global require "laravel/homestead=~2.0"

# Create global homestead alias
sudo bash -c "echo 'alias homestead=~/.composer/vendor/bin/homestead' >> ~/.bashrc"
source ~/.bashrc

# Verify working
homestead --version