Install Composer and configure with XAMPP

Install composer like so:

sudo curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | /opt/lampp/bin/php

After installation, you should then symlink it by running command:

sudo ln -s /opt/lampp/bin/php /usr/local/bin/php

Then run the command below to allow the 'composer' command to be run globally (this will be run from within the folder where you've just installed composer in which a composer.phar file has just been created):

sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

1. Enable the php version from xampp globally

   In Terminal run: sudo gedit /etc/environment

   Add this inside quote ":/opt/lampp/bin"

   click save then close everything.

   or symlink - "ln -s /opt/lampp/bin/php /usr/local/bin/php"

2. Install Curl sudo apt-get install curl

3. Install composer sudo curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

4. mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

now:: try "composer" - it should work!