Install package on non-empty folder using composer

Question

I tried to install package via composer but it's keep telling me that this directory is not empty so how can I install package on non-empty folder using composer ? is there force install command ?

error message:

  [InvalidArgumentException]
  Project directory Yii-GZero-2b/ is not empty.

score 50 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 23 '20 at 10:13

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You currently cant. There is/was a discussion going on over on GitHub which you can read about here: https://github.com/composer/composer/issues/1135.

For now however, you'll need to create a new directory and then migrate your files over, or vice-versa.

edited Dec 23 '20 at 10:13

mega6382

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answered Oct 14 '14 at 08:55

Prisoner

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I agree with cwallenpoole. I consider it a bug. I'm running VirtualBox using Vagrant. My vagrantfile contains the configs for the VM and needs to be in the project directory to run the VM. That means CakePHP won't install in the project directory because it is not empty with the VM configs there. This needs a solution. – Tanoro Nov 15 '18 at 21:40

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 16 '17 at 12:05

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For me giving the folder write access worked very well. On windows I right clicked on the mentioned folder and unchecked the Read Only checkbox and saved it and it worked. May be you could also give it a try hope it will work for you as well.

answered Jan 16 '17 at 12:05

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 09 '20 at 16:16

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You can check all the . files in the folder.

$ ls -la

Delete any . file in the folder and try again. It worked for me.

answered Jun 09 '20 at 16:16

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Thanks! I did ls -ls which didnt show the hidden .gitignore file. – Chris Jul 30 '20 at 12:18

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 11 '20 at 21:22

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For Docker, I delete all docker related files after starting the container, run composer and then put files back to the folder.

answered Jan 11 '20 at 21:22

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score -4 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 04 '16 at 07:54

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Folder Must be blank, It's required because when you run create-project, composer aims to create a completely clean brand new project from scratch.

answered Mar 04 '16 at 07:54

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I really don't understand all those downvotes. The author said more or less the same as what the chosen answer said. – Luis Milanese Aug 05 '19 at 20:54

score -4 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 11 '17 at 12:22

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Instead of run the command

composer.phar create-project flarum/flarum . --stability=beta

use the specific folder name, for example

composer.phar create-project flarum/flarum /var/www/html/forum/ --stability=beta

answered Apr 11 '17 at 12:22

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Install package on non-empty folder using composer

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