# Installing zend 2 from documentation - getting 3.0.3-dev

**URL:** <https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/installing-zend-2-from-documentation-getting-3-0-3-dev/323>\
**Category:** Components & MVC\
**Created:** [October 15, 2017, 6:45am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/installing-zend-2-from-documentation-getting-3-0-3-dev/323 "2017-10-15T06:45:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![sourcecode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/sourcecode/32/215_2.png) [@sourcecode](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/sourcecode)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 6:45am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/installing-zend-2-from-documentation-getting-3-0-3-dev/323/1 "2017-10-15T06:45:33Z")

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needed to help a friend with ZF2, so went to: [https://framework.zend.com/manual/2.4/en/ref/installation.html](https://framework.zend.com/manual/2.4/en/ref/installation.html)

ran this command:

`php composer.phar create-project -sdev --repository-url="https://packages.zendframework.com" zendframework/skeleton-application path/to/install`

this is what I see when running it:

> You are currently running Zend Framework version 3.0.3-dev

how do I download and install Zf2 via composer?

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**Author:** ![froschdesign](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/froschdesign/32/38_2.png) [@froschdesign](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/froschdesign)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/installing-zend-2-from-documentation-getting-3-0-3-dev/323/2 "2017-10-15T08:37:24Z")

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> [@sourcecode](#):
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> how do I download and install Zf2 via composer?

Add the version number at the end of the `create-project` command:

```
$ composer create-project zendframework/skeleton-application path/to/install 2.4.*

```

See at Composer documentation: [Command-line interface / Commands - Composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#create-project)

> [@sourcecode](#):
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> needed to help a friend with ZF2

Is there any reason against version 3?

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**Author:** ![sourcecode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/sourcecode/32/215_2.png) [@sourcecode](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/sourcecode)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/installing-zend-2-from-documentation-getting-3-0-3-dev/323/3 "2017-10-15T15:28:28Z")

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Thanks!

can’t use 3 just yet - need 2 at the moment, will migrate to the latest version soon.