Cannot create cache directory .. or directory is not writable. Proceeding without cache in Laravel

Question

I created a new Laravel project. When I go to the terminal to install the dependecies composer displays the following warning:

Cannot create cache

Answer 1

I had the same problem today. Try it!

sudo chown -R  [yourgroup]  /home/[youruser]/.composer/cache/repo/https---packagist.org/


sudo chown -R  [yourgroup]   /home/[youruser]/.composer/cache/files/

Answer 2

Use this command:

sudo chown -R $USER ~/.composer/

Answer 3

Run this command :

    sudo chown -R yourUser /home/yourUser/.composer

Answer 4

Change the group permission for the folder

sudo chown -R w3cert /home/w3cert/.composer/cache/repo/https---packagist.org

and the Files folder too

sudo chown -R w3cert /home/w3cert/.composer/cache/files/

I'm assuming w3cert is your username, if not change the 4th parameter to your username.

If the problem still persists try

sudo chown -R w3cert /home/w3cert/.composer

Now, there is a chance that you won't be able to create your app directory, if that happens do the same for your html folder or the folder you are trying to create your laravel project in.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

I had a similar problem recently, and needed to change the permissions of my vendor folder

By running following commands :

1. php artisan cache:clear
2. chmod -R 777 storage vendor
3. composer dump-autoload

I need to give all the permissions required to open and write vendor files to solve this issue

Answer 6

When you installed composer pretty sure you used $ sudo command because of that the ~/.composer folder was created by the root.

Run this to fix the issue:

$ sudo chown -R $USER $HOME/.composer