[FIXED] composer installation fails - jimmyjs/laravel-report-generator

Issue

Trying to install jimmyjs/laravel-report-generator

Command:

composer require jimmyjs/laravel-report-generator

Output:

vagrant@homestead:~/code/BEAM$ composer require jimmyjs/laravel-report-generator
Using version ^1.1 for jimmyjs/laravel-report-generator
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

  Problem 1
    - Can only install one of: maatwebsite/excel[2.1.x-dev, 3.1.11].
    - Can only install one of: maatwebsite/excel[3.1.11, 2.1.x-dev].
    - Can only install one of: maatwebsite/excel[2.1.x-dev, 3.1.11].
    - jimmyjs/laravel-report-generator 1.1.0 requires maatwebsite/excel ~2.1.0 
      -> satisfiable by maatwebsite/excel[2.1.x-dev].
    - Installation request for jimmyjs/laravel-report-generator ^1.1 
      -> satisfiable by jimmyjs/laravel-report-generator[1.1.0].
    - Installation request for maatwebsite/excel (locked at 3.1.11, required as ^3.1) 
      -> satisfiable by maatwebsite/excel[3.1.11].

Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json to its original content.

I don't know if I'm misunderstanding the error? Says I can only have one maatwebsite (which is the case)? composer.json current require which has maatwebsite (only instance) in it:

"require": {
    "php": ">=7.1.3",
    "barryvdh/laravel-snappy": "^0.4.4",
    "fideloper/proxy": "^4.0",
    "h4cc/wkhtmltoimage-amd64": "0.12.x",
    "h4cc/wkhtmltopdf-amd64": "0.12.x",
    "laravel/framework": "5.8.*",
    "laravel/tinker": "^1.0",
    "laravelcollective/html": "^5.6",
    "maatwebsite/excel": "^3.1",
    "spatie/laravel-permission": "^2.13"
},

Solution

if you need explicitly that version of Maatwebsite ("maatwebsite/excel": "^3.1",), then you cant fix it cause jimmyjs/laravel-report-generator is not up to date with the new version of maatwebsite.

if you dont need the version 3 of Maatwebsite, you can remove the requirement for it and jimmyjs/laravel-report-generator will require the version maatwebsite/excel 2.1.x-dev.

wich might have some issue with your current version of php (7.1).

Better look for another alternative to jimmyjs/laravel-report-generator that uses the V3 of maatwebsite or something else

Or even better, do it yourself instead of using jimmyjs/laravel-report-generator. Maatwebsite v3 is really easy to use

Answered By - N69S