Unable to update composer/ Laravel. Getting the error

Make sure you update and upgrade laravel before the framework, see https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/guides/update-upgrade-laravel-then-framework

And

https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/updated-from-6-to-70

you are upgrading from which version to which version?

That got solved by changing the name in the composer.json but something new poped up

Problem 1 - Installation request for laravel/framework ^5.4.0 -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[5.4.x-dev, 5.5.x-dev, 5.6.x-dev, 5.7.x-dev, 5.8.x-dev, v5.4.0, v5.4.1, v5.4.10, v5.4.11, v5.4.12, v5.4.13, v5.4.14, v5.4.15, v5.4.16, v5.4.17, v5.4.18, v5.4.19, v5.4.2, v5.4.20, v5.4.21, v5.4.22, v5.4.23, v5.4.24, v5.4.25, v5.4.26, v5.4.27, v5.4.28, v5.4.29, v5.4.3, v5.4.30, v5.4.31, v5.4.32, v5.4.33, v5.4.34, v5.4.35, v5.4.36, v5.4.4, v5.4.5, v5.4.6, v5.4.7, v5.4.8, v5.4.9, v5.5.0, v5.5.1, v5.5.10, v5.5.11, v5.5.12, v5.5.13, v5.5.14, v5.5.15, v5.5.16, v5.5.17, v5.5.18, v5.5.19, v5.5.2, v5.5.20, v5.5.21, v5.5.22, v5.5.23, v5.5.24, v5.5.25, v5.5.26, v5.5.27, v5.5.28, v5.5.29, v5.5.3, v5.5.30, v5.5.31, v5.5.32, v5.5.33, v5.5.34, v5.5.35, v5.5.36, v5.5.37, v5.5.38, v5.5.39, v5.5.4,v5.5.40, v5.5.41, v5.5.42, v5.5.43, v5.5.44, v5.5.45, v5.5.46, v5.5.47, v5.5.48, v5.5.49, v5.5.5, v5.5.50, v5.5.6, v5.5.7, v5.5.8, v5.5.9, v5.6.0, v5.6.1, v5.6.10, v5.6.11, v5.6.12, v5.6.13, v5.6.14, v5.6.15, v5.6.16, v5.6.17, v5.6.18, v5.6.19, v5.6.2, v5.6.20, v5.6.21, v5.6.22, v5.6.23, v5.6.24, v5.6.25, v5.6.26, v5.6.27, v5.6.28, v5.6.29, v5.6.3, v5.6.30, v5.6.31, v5.6.32, v5.6.33, v5.6.34, v5.6.35, v5.6.36, v5.6.37, v5.6.38, v5.6.39, v5.6.4, v5.6.40, v5.6.5, v5.6.6, v5.6.7, v5.6.8, v5.6.9, v5.7.0, v5.7.1, v5.7.10, v5.7.11, v5.7.12, v5.7.13, v5.7.14, v5.7.15, v5.7.16, v5.7.17, v5.7.18, v5.7.19, v5.7.2, v5.7.20, v5.7.21, v5.7.22, v5.7.23, v5.7.24, v5.7.25, v5.7.26, v5.7.27, v5.7.28, v5.7.29, v5.7.3, v5.7.4, v5.7.5, v5.7.6, v5.7.7, v5.7.8, v5.7.9, v5.8.0, v5.8.1, v5.8.10, v5.8.11, v5.8.12, v5.8.13, v5.8.14, v5.8.15, v5.8.16, v5.8.17, v5.8.18, v5.8.19, v5.8.2, v5.8.20, v5.8.21, v5.8.22, v5.8.23, v5.8.24, v5.8.25, v5.8.26, v5.8.27, v5.8.28, v5.8.29, v5.8.3, v5.8.30, v5.8.31, v5.8.32, v5.8.33, v5.8.34, v5.8.35, v5.8.36, v5.8.37, v5.8.38, v5.8.4, v5.8.5, v5.8.6, v5.8.7, v5.8.8, v5.8.9]. - laravel/laravel v7.12.0 requires laravel/framework ^7.0 -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[7.x-dev]. - laravel/laravel v7.25.0 requires laravel/framework ^7.24 -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[7.x-dev]. - Conclusion: don't install laravel/framework 7.x-dev - Installation request for laravel/laravel ^7.12 -> satisfiable by laravel/laravel[v7.12.0, v7.25.0].

On diagnosing my composer got this

Checking composer version: You are not running the latest stable version, run composer self-update to update (1.8.6 => 1.10.10)

But unable to run composer self-update-- That says access denied

Access denied where, your own computer or is this on hosting.

That is on hosting. Namecheap

Try to FTP up your project. If updating how did you originally get it installed there.

I ran into this too. The solution is quite simple:

In your composer.json where it says "name": "laravel/laravel",:

Change laravel/laravel into anything else that doesn't clash with the name of a package, e.g. your project's Github repo name e.g. foo/bar.