How can I resolve “Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages” error?

Your software dependencies have an incompatible version conflict.

At the same time you want to install any Laravel 4.2.x version, and “zizaco/entrust” from its master branch. And that master branch requires at least Laravel 5.0 (roughly speaking).

The problem comes from the dependency on branches. It’s likely that the package zizaco/entrust once was using Laravel 4.2 in its master branch, and that you were able to install your dependencies at that day. But the very moment this branch gets updated with an incompatible version requirement, you will never ever be able to run composer update and get updated dependencies.

Always use tagged versions! Ideally you use a relaxed version requirement that allows for compatible updates. This should be expressed as a tilde-two-number version requirement: ~1.2 would install a version 1.2.0 and up (like 1.2.99 or 1.2.100), and also 1.3 and up. If you need a certain patch release: Caret-three-number version ^1.2.10 will install 1.2.10 or up, also 1.3 and up.

Using this version requirement instead of dev-master will allow you to use released versions instead of the unstable state in the master branch, and allows you to address the most recent version that still works with Laravel 4.2. I guess that would be zizaco/entrust version 1.3.0, but version 1.2 would also qualify. Go with "zizaco/entrust": "~1.2".

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