# Composer sage install doesn't ask for dependencies

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/composer-sage-install-doesnt-ask-for-dependencies/11695
**Category:** sage
**Tags:** composer
**Created:** 2018-02-22T17:52:35Z
**Posts:** 6

## Post 1 by @broskees — 2018-02-22T17:52:35Z

after running the command: `composer create-project roots/sage ssafd-theme`. I expected the following output, as shown in “Theme Development with Sage”:  
[https://puu.sh/ztp37/9542ab7f30.png](https://puu.sh/ztp37/9542ab7f30.png)

This is what I actually got:  
[https://puu.sh/ztoUJ/5ae90bbb2a.png](https://puu.sh/ztoUJ/5ae90bbb2a.png)

The “Theme Development with Sage” also outlines:

> You’ll want to confirm Yes when asked about removing the existing git history. Afterwards, you’ll be prompted to update  
> values for the theme headers in style.css:
> 
> - Theme name
> - Theme URI
> - Theme description
> - Theme version
> - Theme author and URI

None of that happened. The theme installed, but no dependencies were included, and style.css was default. What am I doing wrong?

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## Post 2 by @alwaysblank — 2018-02-22T18:00:23Z

This is a known issue w/ Windows. There are several threads on the forum with solutions, such as this one: [No option prompts for composer sage install - on windows](https://discourse.roots.io/t/no-option-prompts-for-composer-sage-install-on-windows/11339/3?u=benword)

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## Post 3 by @broskees — 2018-02-22T18:03:23Z

I saw that, wasn’t performing for me:  
[![](https://puu.sh/ztpwE/6940b640e5.png) ](https://puu.sh/ztpwE/6940b640e5.png)

That file path doesn’t exist for me.

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## Post 4 by @alwaysblank — 2018-02-22T18:11:56Z

Sorry, I didn’t look closely enough at your initial image:  
 ![image](https://discourse.roots.io/uploads/default/original/2X/5/54a822e4f1bb6de6789d07597cebc982e778aa75.png)  
It looks like you may have a old version of PHP, which will cause the installer to fall back to Sage 8 (see this thread: [Can't install Sage with composer create-project due to php version error](https://discourse.roots.io/t/cant-install-sage-with-composer-create-project-due-to-php-version-error/10169))

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## Post 5 by @broskees — 2018-02-22T18:44:15Z

@alwaysblank

Oh I see! However, seems like that solution is mac specific?

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## Post 6 by @alwaysblank — 2018-02-22T19:01:59Z

The specific solution in that thread is specific to installing PHP on a Mac, yes, but the solution to your problem is probably to update your PHP installation. How you do that is going to depend on your environment and how PHP is installed.