How did you install? The vendor directory is created by Composer, i.e. when you run the "composer install" command on the downloaded Laravel directory (which is just a skeleton application).

As AndrewBNZ said, it sounds like you need to run composer install. The vendor directory you seem to be missing is where the laravel framework is stored, along with any other composer packages that you install along the way.

After that, you'll be able to access the welcome page on the /public directory, so if laravel is installed in your root directory, you would go to localhost/public.

I did the install from the terminal following the dev-metal posts

wow, yeah just did the reinstall (or Install) of composer and it works......fml

Thank you so much!!! :)