On fresh Magento 2.4.2. installation - 'Failed to set PHP CodeSniffer installed_paths Config'

[andreeafet0bd5]

I have been trying all day to install a fresh copy of Magento 2.4.2 with no success. On the composer installation I get this error "Failed to set PHP CodeSniffer installed_paths Config". If I move on with bin/magento setup:install, localhost/magento shows a 404 Error "The requested URL was not found on this server."

I have installed PHP Code Sniffer with composer 

composer global require "squizlabs/php_codesniffer=*"

Then I run "composer global config bin-dir --absolute" 

I also tried installing PHP Codesniffer via pear but it still does not work.

Any ideas on how could I solve this?

Versions:

 - OS: MacOS 11.2.1
 - PHP: 7.4.16
 - Local server: Apache/2.4.46
 - MySql 8.0  

[alan_de almeida]

The same here. Any solution?

[andreeafet0bd5]

Could anyone help here? Thank you

[taj_nyazi]

same here. Need help.

--- I update my answer. ---

I did the following, it worked for me and was able to install the last version 2.4.2 of magento on a local machine: 

• Virtual Box 6.1,
• Ubuntu 20.04 - 2,
• Apache 2.4.41 and
• PHP 7.4.

Step 1: Check if the Apache rewrite is enabled in the file /ect/apache2/apache2.conf for /home/my-user/ directory. If not do as below.

Note: I am installing magento in /home/user-name/ directory, if some one use /var/www/html/ then change the following code.

<Directory /home/user-name/>
	Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
	AllowOverride All
	Require all granted
</Directory>

Step 2: I also needed to downgrade my composer to 1.10.20 by using the following commande.

sudo -H composer self-update 1.10.20

I was able to download the magento without any Failed to set PHP CodeSniffer error, changed the file permissions and used the commande line to install magento.