if you get an error message from composer when trying to install CiviCRM that there is a conflict in requirements for the package pear/exception. Then perform the following `composer require pear/exception 1.0.1 as 1.0.0` before trying to run `composer require civicrm/civicrm-core:~5.27.2`
Optionally you can also require the [`cv`](https://github.com/civicrm/cv) command-line helper/interface for CiviCRM with: