root - Running composer without using sudo

Question

I've followed the guide on installing composer globally from the composer site: https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#globally

The problem is I have to use sudo every time I use composer. This is a pain as every vendor folder that's created with sudo composer update is under the owner of root which I have to change to www-data.

Things I've tried:

I've tried using chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer which still requires me to run composer with sudo as the file is owned by root.

Changing owner of /usr/local/bin/composer to www-data:www-data with privileges set to 775. Still requires me to run composer with sudo prepended first.

How can I resolve this so I do not have to use sudo every time I run composer?

Answer 1

Figured out the problem.

1) I either had to clear out the cache in /home/lamp/.composer or change the owner of this

2) And change the owner of /usr/local/bin/composer

After doing these 2 changes I can now run composer commands without using sudo.