Unable to install spatie laravel-backup package on my windows 10 PC PHP Version 8.0.3, Laravel Version 8 [duplicate]

Question

Hi I am unable to install Laravel backup package spatie laravel backup

Showing below error massages

Problem 1 - Root composer.json requires spatie/laravel-backup ^7.6 -> satisfiable by spatie/laravel-backup[7.6.0]. - spatie/laravel-backup 7.6.0 requires ext-pcntl * -> it is missing from your system. Install or enable PHP's pcntl extension.

To enable extensions, verify that they are enabled in your .ini files: - F:\server8030\php\php.ini You can also run php --ini inside terminal to see which files are used by PHP in CLI mode.

Any one can help me to success

Answer 1

I did a workaround using spatie/laravel-backup 7.3.3. I needed to start using test --parallel, and for that install brianium/paratest and with spatie/laravel-backup ^7.6 it was not possible for the error you informed. So if spatie/laravel-backup in version 7.3.3 is enough for what you need try:

composer require spatie/laravel-backup ^7.3.3

Or use a unix machine

As informed by @Chris Haas According to the documentation, ext-pcntl * library is "not compatible with Windows servers"