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Benji40
Benji40

Reputation: 237

Laravel 4 /Composer Install Error

I was following a noobies guide to Laravel, but sadly I am stumped on step one..

I have tried many threads relating to the same thing, but none seem to work - and I am stumped. I have followed to the letter, this helpful video, and never diverted in any detail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNn_tS2KpcY

For example I have changed all the required extension=php_openssl.dll's mentioned in posts such as this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16940582/laravel-4-composer-error/16940691#16940691

As you might expect I am very new to coding, so I have provided images to help illustrate things I am not too sure about.

Firstly I download and install the .phar file, and my folder structure and files look like:

enter image description here

This is setup globally I assume? I also have the PATH variables added correctly when the installation prompts to add them.

So next I run composer in my command line, and successfully receive: enter image description here

This to me, indicates Composer is installed at least?

Ok, next I make a folder in my WAMP server, and copy the contents from "Laravel-Master", which is from Laravels GIT and quick start guide: enter image description here

Next I cd to the www folder and run the command:

composer create-project laravel/laravel your-project-name --prefer-dist

Things seem to go fine, and it does make a new Laravel "project-name" (if the folder is empty) but then errors: enter image description here

Composer could not find the config file: c: programdata\composer setup\bin To initialize a project, please create a composer.json file.

This is most annoying as I stick very close to the video linked above, but do not get the same results.

Thanks very much for your time.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 398

Answers (2)

Eduardo Cruz
Eduardo Cruz

Reputation: 617

You would be better suited with Laravel Homestead, which already comes with everything you need to run Laravel in a Vagrant Box

http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/homestead

Upvotes: 1

sjagr
sjagr

Reputation: 16512

Your Composer installation is misconfigured (or rather un-configured.) I don't know what that video says about installing Composer however I would download an installation executable here for Windows and follow the instructions.

If you have done this, great! However something got screwed up in the installation process, so you should try running the same installer again.

According to this and this, you could also try this command instead:

COMPOSER=composer.json composer create-project laravel/laravel your-project-name --prefer-dist

Upvotes: 2

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