PHP

Windows:

• Download the ZIP file for PHP7.3
• Extract to a folder called "PHP7" in your C: drive
• Go to Control panel -> System variables
• Add a System path variable called "PHP7" with the path "C:\PHP7"
• If you see an application error, download the VC++ 2015 update

• If you are missing a .dll download and install it into your machine. Google search "missing 'dll file name' ddl file

Linux:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt -y install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt -y install php7.4
sudo apt-get install php7.4-cli php7.4-fpm php7.4-bcmath php7.4-curl php7.4-gd php7.4-intl php7.4-json php7.4-mbstring php7.4-mysql php7.4-opcache php7.4-sqlite3 php7.4-xml php7.4-zip

Composer

Windows:

• Windows has a setup.exe file that installs composer

Unix based systems:

• Download composer.phar from the "manual download" section
• Move composer.phar to /usr/local/bin/composer (remove the .phar extension)
• chmod 777 /usr/local/bin/composer

Download and install Git bash.

VirtualBox

Windows:

• Windows has a exe file that installs VirtualBox

Linux:

sudo add-apt-repository multiverse && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ext-pack

Vagrant

Mac and Windows:

• Download and install Vagrant by HashiCorp.

Linux:

curl -fsSL https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-add-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main"
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vagrant

FileZilla

Linux:

sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/programs-ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install filezilla

Run the following command in your terminal to install homestead on vagrant

vagrant box add laravel/homestead 

Download atom and install some Laravel plugins for it.