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

Answer 2

try to update laravel/installer globally via:

composer global update laravel/installer

if it didn't work then you can try to remove and install it again:

composer global remove laravel/installer 
composer global require laravel/installer

Answer 3

Another issue I was having is that my env variable for Composer\vendor\bin was stored within a windows.old folder and I could not find username/AppData in the normal place. Make sure you show all hidden folders and select the bin folder from the right root folders.

Answer 4

The simplest way to update to the next major version of the installer is via composer require to globally require it:

composer global require "laravel/installer:^4.0"

Worked for me.

Answer 5

The latest Laravel installer will be essential to your workflow which includes support for Jetstream.

The new version also uses composer create-project behind the scenes instead of downloading an archive from Laravel’s build servers.

Update the latest version of laravel/installer with any of the following approaches:

1. Update to ^4.0 via composer require

composer global require "laravel/installer:^4.0"

2. Uninstall and Re-install the package via Composer

composer global remove laravel/installer
composer global require laravel/installer

3. Update the global composer.json file and run composer update

{
    "require": {
        "laravel/installer": "^4.0",
    }  }

composer global update

Verifying the Update

laravel --version

Click here to know more about updating the Laravel Installer

Answer 6

If none of the above works, try this:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel name of your project