Simplified some Symfony installation instructions

best_practices/creating-the-project.rst

@@ -8,35 +8,12 @@ In the past, Symfony projects were created with `Composer`_, the dependency mana
 for PHP applications. However, the current recommendation is to use the **Symfony
 Installer**, which has to be installed before creating your first project.
 
-Linux and Mac OS X Systems
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Open your command console and execute the following:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    $ curl -LsS http://symfony.com/installer > symfony.phar
-    $ sudo mv symfony.phar /usr/local/bin/symfony
-    $ chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/symfony
-
-Now you can execute the Symfony Installer as a global system command called
-``symfony``.
-
-Windows Systems
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Open your command console and execute the following:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    c:\> php -r "readfile('http://symfony.com/installer');" > symfony.phar
-
-Then, move the downloaded ``symfony.phar`` file to your projects directory and
-execute it as follows:
+.. best-practice::
 
-.. code-block:: bash
+    Use the Symfony Installer to create new Symfony-based projects.
 
-    c:\> php symfony.phar
+Read the :doc:`installation chapter </book/installation>`_ of the Symfony Book to
+learn how to install and use the Symfony Installer.
 
 Creating the Blog Application
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book/installation.rst

@@ -84,19 +84,22 @@ to meet those requirements.
     distributing them. If you want to verify the integrity of any Symfony
     version, follow the steps `explained in this post`_.
 
-Basing your Project on a Specific Symfony Version
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Basing your Project on a Specific Symfony Branch
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-If your project needs to be based on a specific Symfony version, pass the version
-number as the second argument of the ``new`` command:
+If your project needs to be based on a specific Symfony branch, add the branch
+version number as the second argument of the ``new`` command:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     # Linux, Mac OS X
-    $ symfony new my_project_name 2.3.23
+    $ symfony new my_project_name 2.3
 
     # Windows
-    c:\projects\> php symfony.phar new my_project_name 2.3.23
+    c:\projects\> php symfony.phar new my_project_name 2.3
+
+In case you need it, you can even indicate the exact Symfony version number you
+want your project to be based on (e.g. ``symfony new 2.3.23``).
 
 Read the :doc:`Symfony Release process </contributing/community/releases>`
 to better understand why there are several Symfony versions and which one

quick_tour/the_big_picture.rst

@@ -35,17 +35,6 @@ On **Linux** and **Mac OS X** systems, execute the following console commands:
     $ sudo mv symfony.phar /usr/local/bin/symfony
     $ chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/symfony
 
-.. note::
-
-    If your system doesn't have cURL installed, execute the following
-    commands instead:
-
-    .. code-block:: bash
-
-        $ php -r "readfile('http://symfony.com/installer');" > symfony.phar
-        $ sudo mv symfony.phar /usr/local/bin/symfony
-        $ chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/symfony
-
 After installing the Symfony installer, you'll have to open a new console window
 to be able to execute the new ``symfony`` command: