title: Getting error while installing laravel installer in window 10
body: <p>I am using Windows 10 and <code>composer</code> is installed. When I try to install <code>laravel</code> installer globally using this command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>composer global require laravel/installer
  
  [Composer\Downloader\TransportException]
  The "https://repo.packagist.org/packages.json" file could not be downloaded: 
  failed to open stream: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It means package not downloaded. I am not using any proxy server.
  Composer diagnose result is listed below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Checking platform settings: OK
  Checking git settings: OK
  Checking http connectivity to packagist: 
  [Composer\Downloader\TransportException] The "http://repo.packagist.org/packages.json" file could not be downloaded: failed to open stream: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
  
  Checking https connectivity to packagist: 
  [Composer\Downloader\TransportException] The "https://repo.packagist.org/packages.json" file could not be downloaded: failed to open stream: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
  
  Checking github.com rate limit: FAIL
  [Composer\Downloader\TransportException] The 
  "https://api.github.com/rate_limit" file could not be downloaded: failed to 
  open stream: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not 
  properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed 
  because connected host has failed to respond.
  
  Checking disk free space: OK
  Checking pubkeys:
  Tags Public Key Fingerprint: 57815BA2 7E54DC31 7ECC7CC5 573090D0  87719BA6 8F3BB723 4E5D42D0 84A14642
  Dev Public Key Fingerprint: 4AC45767 E5EC2265 2F0C1167 CBBB8A2B  0C708369 153E328C AD90147D AFE50952 OK
  Checking composer version: OK
  Composer version: 1.8.0
  PHP version: 7.2.1
  PHP binary path: E:\xampp\php\php.exe
  </code></pre>