Sure, here are the steps to clone a Laravel project from Github and run it on your localhost:
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Install Git on your computer if you haven't already. You can download it from the official website: https://git-scm.com/downloads
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Open your terminal or command prompt and navigate to the directory where you want to clone the project.
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Clone the project by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/username/project.git
Replace "username" with the Github username of the project owner and "project" with the name of the project.
- Once the project is cloned, navigate to the project directory by running:
cd project
- Install the project dependencies by running:
composer install
- Create a copy of the .env.example file and rename it to .env:
cp .env.example .env
- Generate a new application key by running:
php artisan key:generate
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Create a new database for the project and update the .env file with your database credentials.
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Run the database migrations by running:
php artisan migrate
- Finally, start the development server by running:
php artisan serve
You should now be able to access the project in your web browser at http://localhost:8000.
Note: These steps assume that you have PHP and a web server (such as Apache or Nginx) installed on your computer. If you don't, you'll need to install them before you can run the project.