Xdebug installation confusion

[pronskiy]

I'm trying to add Xdebug to a project.

So first I went and added it to require-dev section with the name it uses in composer.json which is xdebug/xdebug.
I ran pie install, and it said no extensions installation needed.

Then I changed the name to ext-xdebug:

And when I run pie install surprisingly it now asks me which extensions to install:

Am I missing something here?

[mickverm]

I think you need to replace ^4.3 with ^3.4?

[asgrim]

@pronskiy when you define a dependency on an extension in your project's composer.json, you should use ext-<extension_name> (see composer docs for details).

[asgrim]

BTW in general, IMO it doesn't make much sense to use ext-xdebug in require-dev; it is a development tool, and it should be up to the developer to decide if they want to use xdebug or another similar tool.

Xdebug can be installed with pie install xdebug/xdebug however 👍