I'm trying to install Laravel Excel using this guide
I have included the line in my composer.json;
"require": {
"laravel/framework": "4.2.*",
"maatwebsite/excel": "1.*"
},
I am then attempting to update composer using the command composer update. This results in the following messages....
Warning: This development build of composer is over 30 days old. It is recommended to update it by running "/usr/local/bin/composer self-update" to get the latest version.
Loading composer repositories with package information
The "https://packagist.org/packages.json" file could not be downloaded: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known
failed to open stream: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known
https://packagist.org could not be fully loaded, package information was loaded from the local cache and may be out of date
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
[Composer\Downloader\TransportException]
The "http://packagist.org/p/jeremeamia/functionparser$cac3105ac0ad3f9a0f9c9ccabcde36787c8d8f404a003fa47900f84cee475a34.json" file could not be downloaded: php_
network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known
failed to open stream: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known
update [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--dry-run] [--dev] [--no-dev] [--lock] [--no-plugins] [--no-custom-installers] [--no-scripts] [--no-progress] [--with-dependencies] [-v|vv|vvv|--verbose] [-o|--optimize-autoloader] [--ignore-platform-reqs] [packages1] ... [packagesN]
When I try to self-update composer (as recommended in the warning message) I get the following;
[Composer\Downloader\TransportException]
The "https://getcomposer.org/version" file could not be downloaded: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known
failed to open stream: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known
So my first problem is that I cannot update composer.
My second problem is that I do not think Laravel Excel has been installed because I cannot see it in the vendor/laravel directory anywhere (isn't that where all the dependencies are usually stored?)
I am a complete beginner when it comes to using composer and installing dependencies and I've not really even used a JSON file before until now so really struggling here...
