Why do I get a laravel error while creating a new project?

Question

When I type laravel new blog I get the following error.

In RequestException.php line 113:

Server error: GET http://cabinet.laravel.com/latest.zi

Answer 1

1. You need to update the installer to the latest version.

laravel-news.com/updating-the-laravel-installer

composer global require "laravel/installer:^4.0"

2. after update you check your version using: laravel --version and you should get output like Laravel Installer 4.0.3