Install Drupal Console Launcher using the phar
curl https://drupalconsole.com/installer -L -o drupal.phar
mv drupal.phar /usr/local/bin/drupal
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/drupal
NOTE: If you don't have curl you can try
php -r "readfile('https://drupalconsole.com/installer');" > drupal.phar
Update DrupalConsole Launcher
drupal self-update
Run Drupal Console using the Launcher
drupal
You must execute the launcher within a drupal site directory or use --root=/path/to/drupal8.dev
to specify your drupal site path.
NOTE: The name drupal
is just an alias you can name it anything you like.