# Installation

Mockery can be installed using Composer, PEAR or by cloning it from its GitHub repository. These three options are outlined below.

## Composer

You can read more about Composer on getcomposer.org. To install Mockery using Composer, first install Composer for your project using the instructions on the Composer download page. You can then define your development dependency on Mockery using the suggested parameters below. While every effort is made to keep the master branch stable, you may prefer to use the current stable version tag instead (use the `@stable` tag).

    {
        "require-dev": {
            "mockery/mockery": "dev-master"
        }
    }

To install, you then may call:

    php composer.phar update

This will install Mockery as a development dependency, meaning it won’t be installed when using `php composer.phar update --no-dev` in production.

## PEAR

Mockery is hosted on the survivethedeepend.com PEAR channel and can be installed using the following commands:

    sudo pear channel-discover pear.survivethedeepend.com
    sudo pear channel-discover hamcrest.googlecode.com/svn/pear
    sudo pear install --alldeps deepend/Mockery

## Git

The Git repository hosts the development version in its master branch. You can install this using Composer by referencing `dev-master` as your preferred version in your project’s `composer.json` file as the earlier example shows.

You may also install this development version using PEAR:

    git clone git://github.com/padraic/mockery.git
    cd mockery
    sudo pear channel-discover hamcrest.googlecode.com/svn/pear
    sudo pear install --alldeps package.xml

The above processes will install both Mockery and Hamcrest. While omitting Hamcrest will not break Mockery, Hamcrest is recommended as it adds a wider variety of functionality for argument matching.