When starting a new Laravel project, encountering installation errors can be frustrating, especially for beginners. One common issue that arises during Laravel installation is the error message: “Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.” This error typically occurs due to missing PHP extensions or misconfigured settings.
Error Description: Upon attempting to create a new Laravel project using the composer create-project
command, you may encounter the following error message.
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
Problem 1
- laravel/framework[v8.54.0, ..., 8.x-dev] require league/flysystem ^1.1 -> satisfiable by league/flysystem[1.1.0, ..., 1.x-dev].
- league/flysystem[1.1.0, ..., 1.x-dev] require ext-fileinfo * -> it is missing from your system. Install or enable PHP's fileinfo extension.
- Root composer.json requires laravel/framework ^8.54 -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[v8.54.0, ..., 8.x-dev].
Solution:
The error message indicates that the PHP extension fileinfo
is missing or not enabled on your system. To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
- Edit php.ini File:
- Locate the
php.ini
file in your PHP installation directory. This file is responsible for configuring PHP settings. - Uncomment the line
extension = fileinfo
by removing the semicolon (;
) at the beginning of the line. This enables thefileinfo
extension. - Save the changes to the
php.ini
file.
- Locate the
- Delete Project Directory:
- If you’ve attempted to create a Laravel project before encountering the error, delete the project directory to avoid any conflicts.
- Navigate to the directory where you attempted to create the Laravel project and delete it.
- Re-run Laravel Installation:
- Open your command-line interface (CLI) and navigate to the directory where you want to create the Laravel project.
- Run the command
laravel new project_name
to create a new Laravel project, replacingproject_name
with your desired project name.
Additional Steps (if necessary): If uncommenting the extension = fileinfo
line in php.ini
doesn’t resolve the issue, you may need to grant administrator permissions to edit the file.
Right-click on the php.ini
file and select “Properties.”
Go to the “Security” tab and click “Edit.”
Select the appropriate user/group and grant “Full Control” permissions.
Save the changes to the php.ini
file.