Framework: laravel installer not working with 5.5,0?

[ajthinking]

• Laravel Version: 5.5.0
• PHP Version: PHP 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Description:

I usually do

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to create a new app including the .env file with a generated key. When testing today to check out 5.5 it does not complete the env creation. But there is no error. This is how it usually work, or have I bad memory? I have updated the installer. Running on ubuntu 16.04.

Steps To Reproduce:

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[browner12]

composer global update

edit:

oops sorry. didn't read the whole thing

[jordonbaade]

Try running a composer self-update to update to the latest version of Composer.

[ajthinking]

I didnt have access to composer self-update but old composer was indeed the issue. I used the following process to make it work.

sudo apt-get remove composer
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('SHA384', 'composer-setup.php') === '669656bab3166a7aff8a7506b8cb2d1c292f042046c5a994c43155c0be6190fa0355160742ab2e1c88d40d5be660b410') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
mv composer.phar /usr/bin/composer
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Thanks to all!

[balping]

While @ajthinking 's answer solved the issue for me as well, it's better to follow install instructions from the original source: https://getcomposer.org/download/

WARNING: Please do not redistribute the install code. It will change with every version of the installer. Instead, please link to this page [...]

[samfrjn11]

I found running composer global update as solution for this issue, but actually running composer global self-update solved the issue for me