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composer unable to resolve google/apiclient 1.0.4-beta dependency on packagist

I'm trying to install:

https://packagist.org/packages/elcodedocle/gplusraffle

which requires:

https://packagist.org/packages/google/apiclient

by simply doing:

   php composer.phar require elcodedocle/gplusraffle 0.1.*@beta

and I get this error:

Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

  Problem 1
    - Installation request for elcodedocle/gplusraffle 0.1.*@beta -> satisfiable by elcodedocle/gplusraffle[0.1.0-beta].
    - elcodedocle/gplusraffle 0.1.0-beta requires google/apiclient 1.0.4-beta -> no matching package found.

When I do it locally by cloning the repo and installing composer: 

   git clone https://github.com/elcodedocle/gplusraffle 
   php composer.phar install

The dependency is resolved without problem

Why?

(elcodedocle/gplusraffle master matches the 0.1.0-beta tag, so it's the same composer.json, I've checked. And the requirement is also the same: 1.0.4-beta of google/apiclient)

Solution

  • Solved by explicitly adding the dependency:

    php composer.phar require google/apiclient 1.0.4-beta elcodedocle/gplusraffle 0.1.*@beta

    Although in fact what I wanted was:

    php composer.phar create-project -s "beta" elcodedocle/gplusraffle