Installing Graphene Locally (Developers Only)

Overview

These instructions are for the installation and initial setup of Graphene on a Linux or MacOS for local development without Apache or a dedicated web server. Note: this should never be used for a production installation and is only suitable for local development and testing.

Install PHP

For Linux:
Install the following packages (or similar) using yum, dnf, apt-get, etc.

dnf install php.x86_64 php-json.x86_64 php-mbstring.x86_64 php-xml.x86_64 mysql-server.x86_64 php-mysqlnd.x86_64 nodejs.x86_64

For MacOS:
Install the following packages using brew

brew install node
brew install php72
brew link php72 --force

Install MySQL

For Linux:
Install the following packages (or similar) using yum, dnf, apt-get, etc.

dnf install mysql-server.x86_64 php-mysqlnd.x86_64

For MacOS:
Install the following packages using brew

brew install mysql

Install Composer

Follow the steps here to install composer
Note: At the conclusion of this step, it is assumed that the "composer.phar" command exists in your home directory. If you put it somewhere else, please make note of that in the steps below.

Clone the Git Repository

git clone https://github.com/EscherLabs/Graphene.git

Install Dependencies with Composer

~/composer.phar install

Start Relevant Services (mysql)

For Linux:

sudo service mysqld start

For MacOS:

brew services start mysql 

Serve Graphene with Artisan

php artisan serve --host=localhost

Open A Web Browser, and Perform Additional Setup

In a web browser, visit http://localhost