# Why is Mautic so difficult to install?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-is-mautic-so-difficult-to-install/15572>\
**Category:** Mautic 3 - Install/Upgrade Support\
**Created:** [August 9, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-is-mautic-so-difficult-to-install/15572 "2020-08-09T02:42:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-is-mautic-so-difficult-to-install/15572/29 "2023-05-21T15:30:40Z")

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Mautic 4 installation process is broken:

> [@Mautic 4.4.8 composer install is broken](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-4-4-8-composer-install-is-broken/28097):
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> My PHP version is : 8.0 My MySQL/MariaDB version is: MariaDB 10.6 I am Installing with composer: Following the instructions found here: These messages and errors are showing in the CLI : composer create-project mautic/recommended-project:^4 some-dir --no-interaction PHP Deprecated: Return type of Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\HelperSet::getIterator() should either be compatible with IteratorAggregate::getIterator(): Traversable, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used …

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