To upgrade your Composer to Version 2 in Laravel Forge you can follow these 4 very simple steps.
First, you will have to SSH into your Laravel Forge by using the SSH command line.
Step 1: SSH into Laravel Forge
First, you will have to SSH into your Laravel Forge by using the SSH command line.
ssh forge@YOUR_IP_ADDRESS_HERE
Step 2: Change to Super User
Now that you have logged in you will have to change to the superuser (You will need to have your root password to run this).
sudo su
Step 3: Upgrade Composer Version
Now to update the composer you can run the self-update command.
composer self-update --2
Do note that you can downgrade to version 1 by using the --1 flag.
composer self-update --1
Step 4: Check New Composer Version
Now to check the new composer version you can use the --version flag on the command line.
composer --version
