title: How can I install laravel 4 with the minimal components I need?
body: <p>Is there a way to configure composer to install the Laravel 4 framework with only the most minimal of components needed to drive a basic (mostly empty) application? Just enough to cough out "hello world" from a controller.</p>
  
  <p>Basically I want to be able to decide what components to use for my needs as I go.</p>
  
  <p>I want to be able to choose an alternate view/template system if I want, or form validation, database, etc.</p>
  
  <p>Mostly I'm just looking for a way to specify a streamlined set of dependencies in composer, so my package will only install with the components it needs and not a bunch of default libraries it will never use.</p>