What is the best way to install C5?

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I like the idea of using composer to install, andhttps://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/introduction/installa... seems to recommend it as well: "More versatile and maintanable than simply downloading a zip file from concrete5.org, Composer is a better way to install concrete5."

When doing so, however, I had issues related tohttps://github.com/concrete5/concrete5/issues/9050....

Is it possible that the composer version is not being updated as often? Is downloading a zip or cloninghttps://github.com/concrete5/concrete5... a better option?

Thanks

 
PineCreativeLabs replied on at Permalink Reply
PineCreativeLabs
I've always installed C5 manually. I typically upload an extracted folder via FTP (although that can take a while), or I upload and extract via Cpanel file manager (takes only a few minutes this way). I've never had an issue doing it this way.
dbuerer replied on at Permalink Reply
I always just unzip into my directory than pull up the website and go to town. It's pretty easy
NotionCommotion replied on at Permalink Reply
Thank you PineCreativeLabs and dbuerer.

Do you both go with the last release athttps://www.concrete5.org/download... (8.5.4 dated June 9, 2020), or the latest commit athttps://github.com/concrete5/concrete5... (dated Jan 13, 2021)?

After installing using whichever version, do you ever use composer to update the dependencies?
jessicadunbar replied on at Permalink Reply
jessicadunbar
Usually, we have several supported Concrete versions in parallel. The different versions differ in stability. Andy wrote this Version Number Guide to help you decide on the best version for what you need to accomplish.
https://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/introduction/versioni...
NotionCommotion replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks Jessica, Seems very well needed! Also, sounds like composer versioning. I've been having a difficult time as I somehow got on a different version. I started over using the bleeding edge git version, but am starting to think it was a mistake. I have several packages which no longer work because evidently the http/client class is different and $this->app->make('http/client/curl') is no longer a class. Changed the package and got it working, but now found that "jquery/ui" is not a valid asset group handle. Yikes!