From dfe0cf83428dec50f7450fd047a037ca2f264de8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wouter J Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:31:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] No longer list the Symfony binary as a requirement --- setup.rst | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/setup.rst b/setup.rst index c305cd9f3d8..96ac7603850 100644 --- a/setup.rst +++ b/setup.rst @@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ Before creating your first Symfony application you must: * Install PHP 7.1 or higher and these PHP extensions (which are installed and enabled by default in most PHP 7 installations): `Ctype`_, `iconv`_, `JSON`_, `PCRE`_, `Session`_, `SimpleXML`_, and `Tokenizer`_; -* `Install Composer`_, which is used to install PHP packages; -* `Install Symfony`_, which creates in your computer a binary called ``symfony`` - that provides all the tools you need to develop your application locally. +* `Install Composer`_, which is used to install PHP packages. -The ``symfony`` binary provides a tool to check if your computer meets these +Optionally, you can also `install Symfony`_. This creates a binary called +``symfony`` that provides all the tools you need to develop and run your +Symfony application locally. + +The ``symfony`` binary provides a tool to check if your computer meets all requirements. Open your console terminal and run this command: .. code-block:: terminal