Composer installs only globally (Windows 10) - composer-php

Question

When I try to install Composer (exe installer, curl, tried all methods), it installs only in C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin and never localy, even if I run it (obviously) from another directory.
When I run composer init - it does not create json config anywhere, composer install - is installing only in C:/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/Composer/
D:\test>composer init
←[37;44m ←[39;49m
←[37;44m Welcome to the Composer config generator ←[39;49m
←[37;44m ←[39;49m
This command will guide you through creating your composer.json config.
Package name (<vendor>/<name>) [←[33mUsername/test←[39m]: test/test
Description []:
Author []: test <test#test.test>
Minimum Stability []:
Package Type []:
License []:
Define your dependencies.
Would you like to define your dependencies (require) interactively [←[33myes←[39m]?
Search for a package:
Would you like to define your dev dependencies (require-dev) interactively [←[33myes←[39m]?
Search for a package:
{
"name": "test/test",
"authors": [
{
"name": "test",
"email": "test#test.test"
}
],
"require": {}
}
D:\test>dir
29.08.2015 12:39 <DIR> .
29.08.2015 12:39 <DIR> ..
0 files
D:\test>composer require slim/slim -vvv
Reading ./composer.json
Loading config file ./composer.json
Executing command (CWD): git describe --exact-match --tags
Executing command (CWD): git branch --no-color --no-abbrev -v
Executing command (CWD): hg branch
Executing command (CWD): svn info --xml
Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/Composer/composer.json
Loading config file C:/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/Composer/composer.json
Executing command (CWD): git describe --exact-match --tags
Executing command (CWD): git branch --no-color --no-abbrev -v
Executing command (CWD): hg branch
Executing command (CWD): svn info --xml
Downloading https://packagist.org/packages.json
Writing C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/packages.json into cache
Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-2013.json from cache
Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-2014.json from cache
Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-2014-10.json from cache Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-2015-01.json from cache Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-2015-04.json from cache Downloading http://packagist.org/p/provider-2015-07$bf4d7ab35da85686431ee3c47d0d6d2eee3d913013b38506fbc197c5e95c2420.json
Writing C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-2015-07.json into cache Downloading http://packagist.org/p/provider-latest$ee6937b535cc76629a8e81c4362790bd14ce6a824def5d75f7222438e756a7b0.json
Writing C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-latest.json into cache
Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/provider-slim$slim.json from cache Using version ←[32m^2.6←[39m for ←[32mslim/slim←[39m
←[32m./composer.json has been updated←[39m
Reading ./composer.json
Loading config file ./composer.json
Executing command (CWD): git describe --exact-match --tags
Executing command (CWD): git branch --no-color --no-abbrev -v
Executing command (CWD): hg branch
Executing command (CWD): svn info --xml
Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/Composer/composer.json
Loading config file C:/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/Composer/composer.json
Executing command (CWD): git describe --exact-match --tags
Executing command (CWD): git branch --no-color --no-abbrev -v
Executing command (CWD): hg branch
Executing command (CWD): svn info --xml
←[32mLoading composer repositories with package information←[39m
Downloading https://packagist.org/packages.json
Writing C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/packages.json into cache
←[32mUpdating dependencies (including require-dev)←[39m
Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-2013.json from cache
Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-2014.json from cache
Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-2014-10.json from cache Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-2015-01.json from cache Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-2015-04.json from cache Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-2015-07.json from cache Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/p-provider-latest.json from cache
Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/repo/https---packagist.org/provider-slim$slim.json from cache Analyzed 63 packages to resolve dependencies
Analyzed 45 rules to resolve dependencies
- Installing ←[32mslim/slim←[39m (←[33m2.6.2←[39m)
Reading C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Composer/files/slim/slim/20a02782f76830b67ae56a5c08eb1f563c351a37.zip from cache
Loading from cache
Extracting archive
REASON: Required by root: Install command rule (install slim/slim 2.6.0|install slim/slim 2.6.1|install slim/slim 2.6.2)
←[32mWriting lock file←[39m
←[32mGenerating autoload files←[39m
Any ideas how to fix it?

Answer 1

Before applying all steps, try step 5 with your current setup.
Installation Steps
Manually download: https://getcomposer.org/composer.phar
place composer.phar into your PHP folder, next to php.exe
add a batch file composer.bat in the same folder (to execute composer a bit easier), with the following content:
#echo off
:: Composer CLI Shortcut (Global Installation)
"%~dp0php.exe" "%~dp0composer.phar" %*
pause
add the PHP folder to your ENV path, so that php and composer are available on any path
then create your new project
mkdir slim
cd slim
composer require slim/slim 2.6.2 -vvv (this time with version)