title: How to install Laravel 4?
body: <p>How to install Laravel 4? I have downloaded the latest Laravel zip file and also installed Composer on my Windows 7 PC. I have tried to seek a tutorial on this. </p>
  
  <p>Do I really need to have Git installed in order to use Laravel? Can I use composer to install Laravel from my local downloaded zip file? Or, can I just extract the zip file and put into my local web root folder to start working with Laravel? How about installing a third party component? All have to be installed from the internet? Can it be installed from local source with Composer?</p>