Install PHP composer from a dockerfile

Question

I tried to install composer in a dockerfile using this code

FROM php:8.0-fpm
WORKDIR /app/php
RUN set update && set add curl && \
  curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer --version=2.0.2 | PHP

but when I exec the container I find that the composer isn't installed

root@70c:/app/php# composer -v
bash: composer: command not found

What's wrong?, and how can I resolve this?

akDeveloper · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-12 19:08:55Z

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This will download the composer.phar file in the directory you are, in your case /app/php

If you want to have global access to composer you should move it to /usr/local/bin directory and make it executable.

chmod +x composer.phar

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

answered May 12, 2022 at 19:08

akDeveloper

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