@mikebronner
I'm having the same issue, I do have guzzlehttp/guzzle instaled and "preferred-install": "dist"
my composer.json
{
"name": "laravel/laravel",
"description": "The Laravel Framework.",
"keywords": ["framework", "laravel"],
"license": "MIT",
"type": "project",
"require": {
"php": ">=5.5.9",
"laravel/framework": "5.1.*",
"laracasts/flash": "~1.3" ,
"maatwebsite/excel": "~2.0.0",
"guzzle/guzzle": "^3.9",
"guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^6.0"
},
"require-dev": {
"fzaninotto/faker": "~1.4",
"mockery/mockery": "0.9.*",
"phpunit/phpunit": "~4.0",
"phpspec/phpspec": "~2.1",
"behat/behat": "^3.0",
"behat/mink": "^1.6",
"behat/mink-goutte-driver": "^1.1",
"behat/mink-extension": "^2.0",
"laracasts/behat-laravel-extension": "^1.0",
"behat/mink-selenium2-driver": "^1.2"
},
"autoload": {
"classmap": [
"database"
],
"psr-4": {
"App\\": "app/"
}
},
"autoload-dev": {
"classmap": [
"tests/TestCase.php"
]
},
"scripts": {
"post-install-cmd": [
"php artisan clear-compiled",
"php artisan optimize"
],
"pre-update-cmd": [
"php artisan clear-compiled"
],
"post-update-cmd": [
"php artisan optimize"
],
"post-root-package-install": [
"php -r \"copy('.env.example', '.env');\""
],
"post-create-project-cmd": [
"php artisan key:generate"
]
},
"config": {
"preferred-install": "dist"
}
}