Error while installing Horizon on windows

[dhsont]

Hi,
When i try to install Horizon on windows dev machine it gives following error

Problem 1
    - Installation request for laravel/horizon dev-master -> satisfiable by laravel/horizon[dev-master].
    - laravel/horizon dev-master requires ext-pcntl * -> the requested PHP extension pcntl is missing from your system.

But pcntl is not available for windows

How to install without pcntl.

[dhsont]

Can we use pthreads https://github.com/krakjoe/pthreads

instead of pcntl

pthreads supports windows ,mac,linux

[themsaid]

Sorry no plans for this at the moment :) I suggest that you use something like Laravel Homestead and run a virtual machine where you can use Ubuntu.

[JapSeyz]

@john5db The very talented developer of Laragon has ported the extension (more or less, it's still experimental at this point) to windows, you can get it here: https://forum.laragon.org/topic/593/how-to-add-pcntl-extension-windows

[mtx-z]

Latest release 1.0.5 have a new windows issue making it impossible to install.
I successfully fixed the PCNTL issue using @JapSeyz solution (Horizon 1.0.0).

Now, on 1.0.5, I'm missing the POSIX PHP extension:

  Problem 1
    - Installation request for laravel/horizon v1.0.5 -> satisfiable by laravel/horizon[v1.0.5].
    - laravel/horizon v1.0.5 requires ext-posix * -> the requested PHP extension posix is missing from your system.

I'm running PHP 7.1.9, but PHP posix seems unavailable for Windows.

[cmosguy]

@themsaid @mtx-z yup I am stuck here on the posix issue issue as well. Is there a a strong need for this extension for some reason?

[chilio]

@themsaid you are right, but what if I'm using Homestead already.
This broke my workflow, cause I can't use composer commands directly in IDE anymore.

[kiwina]

if you just developing on windows and deploying on linux use --ignore-platform-reqs with your composer command, this will still install horizon you still see the dashboard but its useless on windows.

[leonmbj]

Instead using 'php artisan horizon', try:

php artisan queue:listen --queue=default,mongodb,special

where default,mongodb,special are your queue names - put all of them
but, this way, sometimes, you will have to exit the command and comeback (cache issues)

[arulananth]

Check #154

composer require laravel/horizon --ignore-platform-reqs

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Laravel\Horizon\HorizonServiceProvider"

[FurrukhJamal]

So there are still no workarounds with laravel 10 for windows 11?

[ariefan]

To run Horizon on Windows 11, the easiest and most recommended method is to utilize Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Assuming you're working with Laravel 11, follow these straightforward steps:

1. Open PowerShell or Windows Command Prompt as an administrator.
2. Execute the following command to install WSL, the easiest and most reliable method:
   wsl --install
3. Follow the prompts to set up your Linux username and password, then restart your machine.
4. Navigate to your project folder in Windows PowerShell and access the Ubuntu terminal in WSL with the command:
   wsl -d Ubuntu
5. Install PHP 8.3 and the necessary dependencies for Horizon by running:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php 
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install redis
sudo apt-get install zip php8.3 php8.3-cli php8.3-{bz2,curl,mbstring,intl,xml,dom,zip,redis}

6. Finally, install and run Horizon using Composer and Artisan commands:

composer require laravel/horizon
php artisan horizon:install
php artisan horizon