Install Kirby
Let's get Kirby installed and a take a look at the panel.
There are several ways to install Kirby from simply downloading the Zip file from the Kirby website, using Composer or the Kirby CLI. For the rest of this book, will be working with Composer to manage the Kirby installation and it can also be used for future upgrades. It is is also the reccommended way to install plugins as it makes it easy to keep those up to date.
Installing Composer
First things first. We need to get Composer up and running before we can move on. Follow the steps below according to your system.
On MacOS
We can use Homebrew to do this. Whilst it is possible to install Homebrew from the command line, they now publish a traditional PKG installer which works just like a regular Mac App install. Head on over to the Composer releases page. From there, download and install the latest Homebrew .pkg file from the most recent release.
Once that is installed you can go ahead and run the following terminal command using the Terminal app:
brew install composer
On Windows
You can install Composer using the EXE file provided in the Composer Documentation.