Composer does not see PHP's imagick extension

[Leksat]

What happened?

composer install fails if one of the dependencies requires ext-imagick, e.g.

... requires ext-imagick * -> it is missing from your system. Install or enable PHP's imagick extension.

Even though php82Extensions.imagick is installed.

I've seen #356 from 2022, but it is marked as fixed.

Steps to reproduce

$ devbox run "php -r 'var_dump(extension_loaded(\"imagick\"));'"
bool(true)

$ devbox run "composer exec -- php -r 'var_dump(extension_loaded(\"imagick\"));'"
bool(false)

The above requires a minimal composer.json file:

{
    "name": "test/test",
    "version": "0.0.0"
}

Command

run

devbox.json

{
  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jetify-com/devbox/0.12.0/.schema/devbox.schema.json",
  "packages": [
    "[email protected]",
    "php82Packages.composer@2",
    "php82Extensions.imagick@latest"
  ]
}

Devbox version

0.13.6

Nix version

No response

What system does this bug occur on?

macOS (Apple Silicon)

Debug logs

No response

[Leksat]

Is it a bug in Devbox? Or am I missing some config?

[Leksat]

Found this comment: #2213 (comment)

Our Php plugin already installs composer alongside PHP, so you do not need to install your own copy.

I tried to remove php82Packages.composer and my issue got resolved 🎉

Though, there are still some open question.

1/ Currently Composer v2 is the standard. But for the future, how to control Composer's version?

2/ Should Composer package be removed on the docs page? https://www.jetify.com/docs/devbox/devbox_examples/languages/php/