Installation

Install the package with Composer, run the installer, wire two entry files into Vite, then build. AdminLTE 4 for Laravel uses a Vite-first asset pipeline — no precompiled CSS/JS is shipped into your app.

1. Require the package

composer require colorlibhq/adminlte-laravel

2. Run the installer

php artisan adminlte:install

This will:

• Publish config/adminlte.php.
• Drop the Vite entry stubs into resources/css/adminlte.css and resources/js/adminlte.js.
• Offer to npm install the frontend dependencies, pinned to the tested major versions: admin-lte@^4.0, bootstrap@^5.3, @popperjs/core@^2.11, overlayscrollbars@^2.0, bootstrap-icons@^1.13, apexcharts@^5.0, jsvectormap@^1.7, fullcalendar@^6.1, sortablejs@^1.15, sass@^1.77.
• Copy plugin vendor files (ApexCharts, jsVectorMap, FullCalendar, SortableJS, plus the AdminLTE RTL stylesheet) into public/vendor/.

Publish tags

The installer wraps Laravel's vendor:publish. You can also publish individual asset groups directly by tag, or scope the installer with --only:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=adminlte-config
php artisan adminlte:install --only=views --force

3. Wire Vite

Add the two published entry files to your vite.config.js input array:

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import laravel from 'laravel-vite-plugin'

export default defineConfig({
    plugins: [
        laravel({
            input: [
                'resources/css/adminlte.css',
                'resources/js/adminlte.js',
            ],
            refresh: true,
        }),
    ],
})

4. Build assets

npm run dev      # development (HMR)
npm run build    # production

5. Create your first page

{{-- resources/views/dashboard.blade.php --}}
@extends('adminlte::page')

@section('title', 'Dashboard')

@section('content_header')
    <h3 class="mb-0">Dashboard</h3>
@stop

@section('content')
    <x-adminlte-info-box title="Orders" text="150" icon="bi bi-bag" theme="primary" />
@stop

// routes/web.php
Route::view('/', 'dashboard')->middleware('auth');

6. Verify

php artisan adminlte:status

This reports which resources are installed: config, stubs, published views, npm packages, plugin vendor files and scaffolded sections.

Next step

Edit your configuration — see Configuration.