Trying to install composer to get set up with Laravel framework

Question

I am trying to install composer on my Mac so that I can use the Laravel framework. I successfully downloaded composer through the terminal, and then I moved composer.phar t

Answer 1

Now in 2017 I am using MacOS SIERRA 10.12.6 and sudo mv composer.phar /usr/bin/composer doesn't work. It works for me sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer. Now I can run composer instead of php composer.pha