os ubuntu
composer is installed globally
I enter (in the folder under the project):
composer create-project --prefer-dist --stability = dev vova07 / yii2-start yii2-start
displays a message
[InvalidArgumentException]
Composer couldn’t find a composer.json file in / home / chupakabra / my_www / vhost1 / composer_test / 2 / yii2
To create a composer.json file as described in the https: //getcomposer.or
g / "Getting Started" section
the instruction is taken from here https://github.com/vova07/yii2start