I tried to update my laravel/installer using the command:
composer global update laravel/installer
But it only upgraded its minor version (assuming that it uses Semantic Versioning).
Package operations: 0 installs, 1 update, 0 removals
- Updating laravel/installer (v2.1.0 => v2.3.0): Downloading (100%)
Then I execute the update command again:
composer global update laravel/installer
But outputs:
Nothing to install or update
I now uses PHP 7.4.4 (cli) obtained using php -v so I assume that it should be able to upgrade to latest which is Laravel Installer 3.0.1.
If running composer global update laravel/installer is not enough to upgrade the the desired version, there might be package dependencies that restricts the upgrade to the latest.
I do not know if there is a composer option to do that on global scope but the following commands works for me:
# uninstall the package
composer global remove laravel/installer
# reinstall
composer global update
composer global require laravel/installer
The 1st process outputs the outdated packages dependencies that are removed with the laravel/installer package.
Then the 2nd process installs the latest laravel/installer with the updates dependencies.
Laravel documentation does not include how to update the installer package yet.
Update: Adding Documentation link on how to update a composer package.
composer require specific version documentation.
php composer.phar require "vendor/package:2.*" vendor/package2:dev-master
As we can see, specific version could be supplied after the colon.
https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#require
Update:
Updating global packages would be preferred for including security issues from composer global audit