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Error "could not delete" with Composer on Vagrant

I have a Vagrant running Linux and I'm trying to install Symfony.

After the command composer create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition ./ "2.5.*" I have the error : 

[RuntimeException]
  Could not delete ./.git/objects/pack/tmp_idx_llwUKb:

If I try to composer update another project, I always have this kind of error Could not delete

Any ideas?

Edit: For a simple sudo composer update -vvv on another project: 

  - Installing sonata-project/admin-bundle (dev-master 8a022aa)
Failed to download sonata-project/admin-bundle from source: Could not delete /vagrant/crm_neo/vendor/sonata-project/admin-bundle/.git/objects/pack/tmp_idx_hchQhc:
Now trying to download from dist
  - Installing sonata-project/admin-bundle (dev-master 8a022aa)

Failed: [RuntimeException] Could not delete /vagrant/crm_neo/vendor/sonata-project/admin-bundle/.git/objects/pack/tmp_idx_hchQhc:



  [RuntimeException]
  Could not delete /vagrant/crm_neo/vendor/sonata-project/admin-bundle/.git/o
  bjects/pack/tmp_idx_hchQhc:



Exception trace:
 () at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Util/Filesystem.php:193
 Composer\Util\Filesystem->unlink() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Util/Filesystem.php:151
 Composer\Util\Filesystem->removeDirectoryPhp() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Util/Filesystem.php:129
 Composer\Util\Filesystem->removeDirectory() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Util/Filesystem.php:35
 Composer\Util\Filesystem->remove() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Util/Filesystem.php:80
 Composer\Util\Filesystem->emptyDirectory() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php:108
 Composer\Downloader\FileDownloader->doDownload() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php:89
 Composer\Downloader\FileDownloader->download() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Downloader/ArchiveDownloader.php:35
 Composer\Downloader\ArchiveDownloader->download() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Downloader/DownloadManager.php:201
 Composer\Downloader\DownloadManager->download() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer/LibraryInstaller.php:156
 Composer\Installer\LibraryInstaller->installCode() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer/LibraryInstaller.php:87
 Composer\Installer\LibraryInstaller->install() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer/InstallationManager.php:152
 Composer\Installer\InstallationManager->install() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer/InstallationManager.php:139
 Composer\Installer\InstallationManager->execute() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer.php:548
 Composer\Installer->doInstall() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer.php:217
 Composer\Installer->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Command/UpdateCommand.php:128
 Composer\Command\UpdateCommand->execute() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Symfony/Component/Console/Command/Command.php:252
 Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php:889
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php:193
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Console/Application.php:135
 Composer\Console\Application->doRun() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php:124
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Console/Application.php:84
 Composer\Console\Application->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/bin/composer:43
 require() at /usr/local/bin/composer:15
Solution

  • It happened once to me and it turns out that I was hitting composer's timeout.

    You could take the following measures to gain some speed:

    1. Increase composer process-timeout (default 300) (not really needed if the following settings will help you gain speed, but can't hurt)
    2. Set dist as preferred install type.
    3. Enable https protocol for github, which is faster.

    ~/.composer/config.json

    {
    "config": {
        "process-timeout":      600,
        "preferred-install":    "dist",
        "github-protocols":     ["https"]
    }
}

    If you still have problems after that, you can also clear composer's cache:

    rm -rf ~/.composer/cache