Composer fails with kylekatarnls/update-helper on new homestead

Question

I have installed a homestead on a new computer. I have pulled my code (which is working on my other computer as well as the server). My project is made in Laravel 5.7

When I do a composer require to get everything in place to, i get this error: Plugin kylekatarnls/update-helper could not be initialized, class not found

I have tried composer clear:cache, reinstalled the homestead-7 box. Non of it has worked. I still get the same error

But no matter what I get the same error

composer require
    1/5:    http://repo.packagist.org/p/provider-latest$a806a8d210ac003dea5f466b7eb4360aba21e7db378947d94fcc05f1c43d2921.json
    2/5:    http://repo.packagist.org/p/provider-2018-07$83d74e8f8f017f24768634de8431b0765d0193abe8fbae5dc508c608fa446a16.json
    3/5:    http://repo.packagist.org/p/provider-2019-01$39b4da101da77b6e7b2cf4b4b1d980900210eb4dc0455c762726efd19cd793cc.json
    4/5:    http://repo.packagist.org/p/provider-2018$326068043f2252c1742720ee06d5e82793507c5e5c4d0cb92b8984efba4c0a68.json
    5/5:    http://repo.packagist.org/p/provider-2019-04$5fd19400095ad7859026c523bd91494ff8aa62916e28c96588e6038b502f52cc.json
    Finished: success: 5, skipped: 0, failure: 0, total: 5
Search for a package: 
./composer.json has been updated
    1/5:    http://repo.packagist.org/p/provider-latest$3ce6543780da13f101ad846e0e24450290d158e25e24ffa46271e41ee96db5d3.json
    2/5:    http://repo.packagist.org/p/provider-2018-07$83d74e8f8f017f24768634de8431b0765d0193abe8fbae5dc508c608fa446a16.json
    3/5:    http://repo.packagist.org/p/provider-2018$326068043f2252c1742720ee06d5e82793507c5e5c4d0cb92b8984efba4c0a68.json
    4/5:    http://repo.packagist.org/p/provider-2019-01$39b4da101da77b6e7b2cf4b4b1d980900210eb4dc0455c762726efd19cd793cc.json
    5/5:    http://repo.packagist.org/p/provider-2019-04$5fd19400095ad7859026c523bd91494ff8aa62916e28c96588e6038b502f52cc.json
    Finished: success: 5, skipped: 0, failure: 0, total: 5
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Package operations: 109 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
  - Installing kylekatarnls/update-helper (1.1.1): Loading from cache
Plugin installation failed, rolling back
  - Removing kylekatarnls/update-helper (1.1.1)

Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json to its original content.


  [UnexpectedValueException]                                                   
  Plugin kylekatarnls/update-helper could not be initialized, class not found  
  : UpdateHelper\ComposerPlugin

For what it's worth: this is only with non-supported versions of Laravel. So basically everything that's not 5.5 or 5.8 . — Loek, Jul 08 '19 at 12:59
This happened to my 5.8 version. Solved with @HazemMohamed solution — Heroselohim, Oct 23 '19 at 11:09

score 21 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 13 '19 at 12:25

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I tried

composer global require kylekatarnls/update-helper

then it worked

answered Oct 13 '19 at 12:25

Hazem Mohamed

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In my case it worked when i removed global from above – Alexander Norman Dec 03 '19 at 17:06
This specific command worked in my Laravel Homestead VM after a couple of hours of Kyle Katarn sticking it to me. Why can't you Jedi just do things the simple way? – theDude Oct 06 '21 at 00:24

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 26 '20 at 15:45

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Install without plugins if they're not necessary for you.

composer install --no-plugins

answered Jul 26 '20 at 15:45

Yue Wang

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 02 '20 at 22:03

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I assume the lateste laravel / homestead box is incompatible with laravel 5.7.*. In the homestead/script/homestead.rb I changed line 21 to: config.vm.box_version = settings['version'] ||= '= 7.1.0'

thereby I forced my homestead to only use box v. 7.1.0 (as on my other computer).

vagrant up
vagrant ssh
composer require

worked like a charm.

edited Dec 02 '20 at 22:03

nofinator

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answered Jun 25 '19 at 17:06

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I did this, but ended up having to drop all the way back to 6.4.0, because 7.1.0 did not work with CORS (barryvdh/laravel-cors). – ironic_ollins Jul 11 '19 at 13:46

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 06 '19 at 00:07

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I found that actually upgrading from version 8.0.0 of the vagrant box to 8.0.1 solved this for me So in the homestead folder run

vagrant box update

answered Aug 06 '19 at 00:07

sparkdoo

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 04 '19 at 15:20

I think you should try to disable any configuration of IP6 for your NICs. Yesterday (July, 4th), I had the same issue and I tried a lot of things. Nothing! but ... suddenly I tried to check out more information about the composer's issues and ... Eureka! sometimes the Composer does not work with any IP6 config. You can read more about it here: https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 17 '22 at 21:45

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I upgraded composer to its latest version and it solved! In order to upgrade composer, first go to composer directory, then use following command:

php composer.phar self-update

answered Apr 17 '22 at 21:45

good_spring

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 09 '22 at 09:30

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Had the same problem when running composer in Docker, and solved it by using the following command: composer config --no-plugins allow-plugins.kylekatarnls/update-helper true

answered Oct 09 '22 at 09:30

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Composer fails with kylekatarnls/update-helper on new homestead

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