Unable to install laravel 5 on windows via composer

Question

I am trying to get started with laravel on windows and here is the command I tried:

rahul@rahulserver MINGW64 /d/PhpIdeaProjects/LaravelLearning $ composer create-project laravel/laravel learning-laravel-5

Here is the output I get:

Installing laravel/laravel (v5.0.22)
  - Installing laravel/laravel (v5.0.22)
    Loading from cache

Created project in learning-laravel-5
Loading composer repositories with package information
Installing dependencies (including require-dev) from lock file
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

  Problem 1
    - Installation request for danielstjules/stringy 1.9.0 -> satisfiable by danielstjules/stringy[1.9.0].
    - danielstjules/stringy 1.9.0 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
  Problem 2
    - Installation request for laravel/framework v5.0.16 -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[v5.0.16].
    - laravel/framework v5.0.16 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.

So how shall I move on and have it working?

Answer 1

The requested dependencies require the php extension mbstring as the error explains.

the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system

So install the extension and it should install flawless.

mbstring is built in the libapache2-mod-php5 package. Run

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5

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For windows environments check your php.ini and uncomment the line ;extension=php_mbstring.dll to extension=php_mbstring.dll - then restart your webserver.