1.2 Method 2 Symbolic link the public directory.
If you are familiar with using symbolic links on a unix-based system, this method will prove
rather simple.
Inside the extracted Laravel source code (you remember where you put it, right?) you will
find a sub directory called ‘public’. This directory contains the Laravel bootstrap file and all
public assets. We will be symbolic linking this directory to your public web root (possibly
/var/www/html/).
To create the symbolic link simply execute the following command in your terminal of choice,
replacing the paths where necessary.
1 ln -s /path/to/laravel/public/directory /path/to/web/root/subdirectory
For example :
1 ln -s /home/dayle/laravel/myapp/public /var/www/html/myapp
Note: You could also symbolic link the public directory directly to your web root, but I
prefer using a subdirectory so I can work on several projects.
You should now be able to navigate to http://localhost/myapp with your web browser to see
the Laravel welcome page.