Error installing laravel using composer

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I have followed a tutorial on Tuts plus called "Getting started with laravel 4". I have intalled cygwin and composer which works fine. When i try installing laravel using the following command:

$ composer create-project laravel/laravel laravel

i get the following message:

Installing laravel/laravel (v4.2.0)
Downloading: 100%

Created project in laravel


[InvalidArgumentException]
Composer could not find the config file: C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin
To initialize a project, please create a composer.json file as described in the 
http://getcomposer.org/ "Getting Started" section

I have tried looking at the Getting Started section but I am not sure what this file should contain in a laravel project?

mjoyshuvo · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-06 02:43:18Z

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Go to

control panel > search for system > view advance system setting > environment variables > under system variable, select composer and delete it > ok> ok.

I think this will solve your problem

answered Dec 6, 2014 at 2:43

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Marcin Nabiałek · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-07 07:22:44Z

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You must not create laravel project on your own.

You should go to directory in which you want laravel directory to be created (and laravel directory must not exist) and now you should run:

composer create-project laravel/laravel laravel

laravel directory will be created automatically

answered Oct 7, 2014 at 7:22

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user3170354 Over a year ago

In cygwin I have navigated to /cygdrive/c/xampp/htdocs which is where i run: composer create-project laravel/laravel laravel. This also creates the laravel directory but when i navigate to: localhost/laravel/public there is errors so i think the installation went wrong

Marcin Nabiałek Over a year ago

@user3170354 And it should work without a problem if you have no laravel directory inside /cygdrive/c/xampp/htdocs/ If you have you should remove it and run the command once again. It should work. If it's not, probably there is some problem with your installation

user3170354 Over a year ago

I have also tried that multiple times. However every time this produces the following errors. Warning: require(C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel\bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel\bootstrap\autoload.php on line 17 Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel\bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel\bootstrap\autoload.php on line 17

caioverissimo · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-14 02:32:24Z

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I've tried this:

COMPOSER=composer.json composer create-project laravel/laravel c:/laravel --prefer-dist

founded on - Composer could not find the config file.

It works for me!

answered Nov 14, 2014 at 2:32

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