Setting up Composer globally for Laravel 4

An easy way to set up composer globally is to follow the instructions on getcomposer.org site:

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\$ curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
\$ sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
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Now I can use composer by invoking just the composer command.

Optional way to do it, is to set up an alias:

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alias composer='/location/of/the/composer.phar'
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