Composer: install package directly, via command line

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I need to install sofa/eloquence Laravel 5.2 package. In the documentation there is the following instruction:

1. Require the package in your composer.json:

    "require": {
        "sofa/eloquence": "~5.2", // for Laravel 5.2.*
    },

So, I guess that after requiring it in composer.json I will have to run the composer update command. But, this command will also try to update other packages that are already installed, right?

What if I don't want that, how can I install "sofa/eloquence": "~5.2" without touching anything else? For example, directly, via command line (or in any other way).

composer require "name of the package"

Camilo Go Jr.
– Camilo Go Jr.

2017-03-08 16:58:05 +00:00
Commented Mar 8, 2017 at 16:58 — Camilo Go Jr.
– Camilo Go Jr., Commented Mar 8, 2017 at 16:58

Jacta · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-24 09:56:36Z

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In order to get a package without a composer.json file use:

composer require sofa/eloquence:~5.2

You can find documentation here: https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#require

edited Sep 24, 2018 at 9:56

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answered Mar 8, 2017 at 16:58

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