Composer & Cygwin

Question

Composer doesn\'t run correctly in Cygwin if you try to install it \"globally\".

Putting composer.phar into /usr/local/bin/composer, then trying to run it will result in

Answer 1

I solved the problem like this in a Cygwin/XAMPP setup:

• Install composer.phar to XAMPP's php directory

• Create an executable Bash script named composer in XAMPP's php directory:

  #!/bin/bash
  script_dir=$(cygpath -w $(dirname $0))
  php "$script_dir/composer.phar" $@
  

  It's important to use cygpath -w to convert the path to a path in Windows form.

• Make sure XAMPP's php directory is accessible in Cygwin's $PATH:

  $ export PATH=$PATH:/cygdrive/i/dev/server/xampp/php
  

Now it's possible to call composer from anywhere you like without problems:

    $ composer -V
    Composer version 264f433ca3f007d39568b3722b4bf418f58ba15b