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# Troubleshooting
This is a list of common pitfalls on using Composer, and how to avoid them.
## General
1. When facing any kind of problems using Composer, be sure to **work with the
latest version**. See [self-update](../03-cli.md#self-update) for details.
2. Make sure you have no problems with your setup by running the installer's
checks via `curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --check`.
3. Ensure you're **installing vendors straight from your `composer.json`** via
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`rm -rf vendor && composer update -v` when troubleshooting, excluding any
possible interferences with existing vendor installations or `composer.lock`
entries.
## Package not found
1. Double-check you **don't have typos** in your `composer.json` or repository
branches and tag names.
2. Be sure to **set the right
[minimum-stability](../04-schema.md#minimum-stability)**. To get started or be
sure this is no issue, set `minimum-stability` to "dev".
3. Packages **not coming from [Packagist](http://packagist.org/)** should
always be **defined in the root package** (the package depending on all
vendors).
4. Use the **same vendor and package name** throughout all branches and tags of
your repository, especially when maintaining a third party fork and using
`replace`.
## Memory limit errors
If composer shows memory errors on some commands:
PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of XXXXXX bytes exhausted <...>
The PHP `memory_limit` should be increased.
> **Note:** Composer internally increases the `memory_limit` to `512M`.
> If you have memory issues when using composer, please consider [creating
> an issue ticket](https://github.com/composer/composer/issues) so we can look into it.
To get the current `memory_limit` value, run:
php -r "echo ini_get('memory_limit').PHP_EOL;"
Try increasing the limit in your `php.ini` file (ex. `/etc/php5/cli/php.ini` for
Debian-like systems):
; Use -1 for unlimited or define an explicit value like 512M
memory_limit = -1
Or, you can increase the limit with a command-line argument:
php -d memory_limit=-1 composer.phar <...>