laravel setup in ubuntu 14.04.1

PHP >= 5.4
MCrypt PHP Extension

#apt-get install php5-mcrypt

#php5enmod mcrypt

urgen@server2:~/Downloads$ pwd
/home/urgen/Downloads

# curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php   

###move the file composer.phar (rename to composer) to   /usr/local/bin/composer

#mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

#change directory to your web root eg. /var/www/html/

# create project called  laravel  
#composer create-project laravel/laravel    laravel 


root@server2:/var/www/html/laravel# pwd
/var/www/html/laravel

chgrp -R www-data /var/www/html/laravel/app/storage

chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/laravel/app/storage 

goto your browser and type
http://<ip addr or localhost>/laravel/public/