In order to get #laravel command to work make sure its included in the $PATH

$ composer global require laravel/installer
Changed current directory to /home/admin/.config/composer
Using version ^4.0 for laravel/installer
./composer.json has been created
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Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
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symfony/service-contracts suggests installing symfony/service-implementation
symfony/console suggests installing symfony/event-dispatcher
symfony/console suggests installing symfony/lock
symfony/console suggests installing psr/log (For using the console logger)
Writing lock file
Generating autoload files
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Notice the command is still not available

$ laravel
laravel: command not found



$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin

That’s because you need to update the path in /etc/environment , using vi or nano edit this file and append the path details

$ cat /etc/environment
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/admin/.config/composer/vendor/bin"

Final step is to source /etc/environment so that it can be read into your current session

$ source /etc/environment

$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/admin/.config/composer/vendor/bin

$ laravel
Laravel Installer 4.0.4