joomlatools/installer

A Composer plugin to install Joomla extensions into your installation.

Joomlatools Composer Installer

This Composer plugin will install extensions into your Joomla setup., _(*1)

Usage

Defining a package

The easiest way to get started is by defining a custom package in your composer.json file. All you need is the package file for the extension you wish to install. (ie. the installer file you downloaded from the vendor's website), _(*2)

Update the composer.json file in the root directory of your Joomla installation by adding the following properties:, _(*3)

{
        "repositories": [
            {
                "type": "package",
                "package": {
                    "name": "vendor/extension",
                    "type": "joomlatools-extension",
                    "version": "1.0.0",
                    "dist": {
                        "url": "file:////Users/johndoe/Downloads/com_extension.1.0.0.tar.gz",
                        "type": "tar"
                    },
                    "require": {
                        "joomlatools/composer": "*"
                    }
                }
            }
        ],

        ...

        "require": {
            ...
            "vendor/extension": "1.0.0"
        }
}

Using this JSON file, we have now defined our own custom package. Pay attention to the following settings:, _(*4)

• The type has to be set to joomlatools-extension
• Make sure the url directive points to the location of the install package.

Executing composer install will now fetch the joomlatools/composer plugin and use it to install the package into your Joomla installation., _(*5)

For more information on creating these custom packages for projects which do not support Composer, see the Composer docs., _(*6)

Creating a custom package

To make use of all Composer's features, eg. upgrading to a newer version, you are better off creating a package using your extension's source code., _(*7)

The package definition should contain the following basic information to make it installable into Joomla:, _(*8)

{
        "name": "vendor/my-extension",
        "type": "joomlatools-extension",
        "require": {
            "joomlatools/composer": "*"
        }
}

If you want to make your extension available directly from Github or any other VCS, you want to make sure that the file layout in your repo resembles your install package., _(*9)

If you want to move the main Joomla installer manifest to the repository root before running the installation, provide the following information in your composer.jsonfile:, _(*10)

{
    "extra": {
        "manifest": "path/to/manifest/joomlatools.xml"
    }
}

If the package is for a Joomlatools Framework reusable component, provide the following information in your composer.jsonfile:, _(*11)

{
    "extra": {
        "joomlatools-component": "component-name"
    }
}

You can now publish your extension on Packagist or serve it yourself using your own Satis repository., _(*12)

For more information on rolling your own package, please refer to the Composer documentation., _(*13)

More

For more information, FAQ and examples, refer to our developer documentation., _(*14)

Development

Refer to the wiki on how to set up this repository for local development., _(*15)

Debugging

Having trouble? You can increase Composer's verbosity setting (-v|vv|vvv) to gather more information. Increasing Composer's verbosity will also enable Joomla's log messages., _(*16)

Requirements

• Composer
• Joomla version 3.6+

Contributing

The joomlatools/composer plugin is an open source, community-driven project. Contributions are welcome from everyone. We have contributing guidelines to help you get started., _(*17)

Contributors

See the list of contributors., _(*18)

License

The joomlatools/composer plugin is free and open-source software licensed under the GPLv3 license., _(*19)

Community

Keep track of development and community news., _(*20)

• Follow @joomlatoolsdev on Twitter
• Join joomlatools/dev on Gitter
• Read the Joomlatools Developer Blog
• Subscribe to the Joomlatools Developer Newsletter