yii2 composer update fatal error

Question

When I update my composer to add yii2-solr extension to my project, I encounter with an error like below:

The \"yiisoft/yii2-composer\" plugin requi         


        

Answer 1

If arogachev's answer doesn't exactly work for you, here is a quick fix.

1. Manually delete the vendor folder in your global composer installation. The folder to delete for eg. on ubuntu : /home/user/.composer/vendor
2. Install the newer version of the plugin

composer global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:*"

That should be all. You will get all your files back and you can continue