2 Easy Ways to Check Your Laravel Installer Version

• How to Check Your Laravel Installer Version
• Method 1: Using the Laravel Command
• Method 2: Using Composer
• Troubleshooting: laravel -V Not Working
  • Solution
• Conclusion

How to Check Your Laravel Installer Version

In this post, we’ll cover two simple ways to check the Laravel installer version on your system, and we’ll also troubleshoot a common issue Laravel developers run into.

Method 1: Using the Laravel Command

If you have the Laravel installer set up correctly, you can run:

laravel -V
 
# OR
 
laravel --version

This command outputs the current version of the Laravel installer installed on your system.

Method 2: Using Composer

If the above command doesn’t work or you want to verify via Composer, you can run:

composer show laravel/installer

This command will display detailed package information, including the installed version of the Laravel installer.

Troubleshooting: laravel -V Not Working

Sometimes, after installing the Laravel installer globally with Composer, running laravel -V may fail because your system cannot locate the executable.

Solution

You need to make sure Composer’s system-wide vendor bin directory is included in your $PATH. The exact path depends on your operating system:

• macOS: $HOME/.composer/vendor/bin
• Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\bin
• GNU/Linux Distributions: $HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin or $HOME/.composer/vendor/bin

Once you add the correct directory to your $PATH, the laravel command will be recognized and laravel -V will work as expected.

Conclusion

Checking your Laravel installer version is straightforward using either laravel -V or composer show laravel/installer. If the first method fails, adjusting your $PATH will solve the issue.

With this knowledge, you can now ensure your development environment is running the correct Laravel installer version for your projects.