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rtablada/package-installer
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An easy to use package installer for Laravel 4

0.1.0(12y ago)12868.9k↓100%14[5 issues](https://github.com/rtablada/package-installer/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jun 8Pushed 12y ago8 watchersCompare

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Laravel 4 Package Installer
===========================

[](#laravel-4-package-installer)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c406a4a47a0ffca8078ec4b21bc802e182df4521f1d59a21fc67a5d56b787527/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f727461626c6164612f7061636b6167652d696e7374616c6c65722e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://travis-ci.org/rtablada/package-installer)

This package allows for quick and easy installation of supported Laravel 4 packages. This packages installs packages and adds any necessary ServiceProviders and Aliases.

Installing Package Installer
----------------------------

[](#installing-package-installer)

This package installer is available through packagist and composer.

Add `"rtablada/package-installer": "dev-master"` to your `composer.json` or run `composer require rtablada/package-installer`.

Then you have to add `"Rtablada\PackageInstaller\PackageInstallerServiceProvider"` to your list of providers in your `app/config/app.php`. Luckily, this will be one of the last package Aliases you will ever have to add manually!

Using this installer
--------------------

[](#using-this-installer)

This package allows for supported packages to be installed by running `php artisan package:install vendor/name`. For instance, to install [Traffic Signs](https://github.com/rtablada/traffic-signs)(a simple error page handler) you can run `php artisan package:install rtablada/traffic-signs`.

Developing packages for Laravel 4 Package Installer
---------------------------------------------------

[](#developing-packages-for-laravel-4-package-installer)

To allow your package to be installed by Laravel 4 Package Installer, just add a `provides.json` to the root of your package.

The format for `provides.json` looks like this:

```
{
  "providers": [
    "Illuminate\Html\HtmlServiceProvider"
  ],
  "aliases": [
    {
      "alias": "HTML",
      "facade": "Illuminate\Support\Facades\HTML"
    }
  ]
}
```

\*\* Note that either valid JSON or invalid JSON can be written to add to the readability of the `provides.json` this is to increase human readability while allowing developers to write whichever way they prefer.

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity41

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.2% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4717d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ea9ccd400c74151601341e320935a31d1a9779c5eb49a8f364bc7a0ac75baa32?d=identicon)[rtablada](/maintainers/rtablada)

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Top Contributors

[![rtablada](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2532004?v=4)](https://github.com/rtablada "rtablada (41 commits)")[![caouecs](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/447849?v=4)](https://github.com/caouecs "caouecs (1 commits)")[![livkiss](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/256075?v=4)](https://github.com/livkiss "livkiss (1 commits)")[![terion-name](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1060205?v=4)](https://github.com/terion-name "terion-name (1 commits)")

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Tags

laravel

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