I\'m trying to install Yii2 via composer:
composer global require \"fxp/composer-asset-plugin:~1.1.1\" composer create-project --prefer-dist yiisoft/yii2-app
rm -rf ~/.composer/vendor rm ~/.composer/composer.lock cd ~/.composer composer clear-cache composer self-update composer global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:^1.1.3" composer install
Then go to your work directory and run:
composer create-project --prefer-dist yiisoft/yii2-app-basic basic