Laravel requires PHP 8.x or newer. Install PHP and necessary extensions using Portage:

sudo emerge --ask dev-lang/php:8.2  # Replace 8.2 with your desired PHP version
sudo emerge --ask dev-ext/icu
sudo emerge --ask dev-ext/mbstring
sudo emerge --ask dev-ext/gd
sudo emerge --ask dev-ext/curl
sudo emerge --ask dev-ext/xml
sudo emerge --ask dev-ext/intl

Composer is required to manage Laravel dependencies. Install it globally:

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/bin --filename=composer
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/composer

Use Composer to create a new Laravel application. Choose a directory for your project:

composer create-project laravel/laravel my_project --prefer-dist

Replace `my_project` with your desired project name.

• **PHP-FPM**: Ensure `php8.2-fpm` is running and enabled:

  sudo rc-update add php8.2-fpm
  sudo /etc/init.d/php8.2-fpm start

• **Web Server**: Configure your web server (e.g., Apache or Nginx) to point to the Laravel project’s `public` directory.

Laravel requires write access to certain directories. Set the permissions recursively:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/my_project
sudo chmod -R 755 /path/to/my_project

• Install a database server (e.g., MySQL or PostgreSQL) and configure it.
• Update your `.env` file with database credentials.

Start your web server and access the project via `http://localhost`.

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