Trying to install a mediawiki extension(wikibase) with composer

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My composer.json:

{
        "name": "mediawiki/core",
        "description": "Free software wiki application developed by the Wikimedia Foundation and others",
        "version": "1.41.1",
        "type": "mediawiki-core",
        "keywords": [
                "mediawiki",
                "wiki"
        ],
        "homepage": "https://www.mediawiki.org/",
        "authors": [
                {
                        "name": "MediaWiki Community",
                        "homepage": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Version/Credits"
                }
        ],
        "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
        "support": {
                "issues": "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/",
                "irc": "irc://irc.libera.chat/mediawiki",
                "wiki": "https://www.mediawiki.org/"
        },
        "prefer-stable": true,
        "require": {
                "composer/semver": "3.3.2",
                "cssjanus/cssjanus": "2.1.1",
                "ext-calendar": "*",
                "ext-ctype": "*",
                "ext-dom": "*",
                "ext-fileinfo": "*",
                "ext-iconv": "*",
                "ext-intl": "*",
                "ext-json": "*",
                "ext-libxml": "*",
                "ext-mbstring": "*",
                "ext-xml": "*",
                "ext-xmlreader": "*",
                "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "7.5.3",
                "justinrainbow/json-schema": "5.2.13",
                "liuggio/statsd-php-client": "1.0.18",
                "monolog/monolog": "2.2.0",
                "oojs/oojs-ui": "0.48.1",
                "pear/mail": "1.5.1",
                "pear/mail_mime": "1.10.11",
                "pear/net_smtp": "1.10.1",
                "php": ">=7.4.3",
                "psr/container": "1.1.2",
                "psr/http-message": "1.0.1",
                "psr/log": "1.1.4",
                "ralouphie/getallheaders": "3.0.3",
                "symfony/polyfill-php80": "1.28.0",
                "symfony/polyfill-php81": "1.28.0",
                "symfony/polyfill-php82": "1.28.0",
                "symfony/polyfill-php83": "1.28.0",
                "symfony/yaml": "5.4.23",
                "wikimedia/assert": "0.5.1",
                "wikimedia/at-ease": "2.1.0",
                "wikimedia/base-convert": "2.0.2",
                "wikimedia/bcp-47-code": "2.0.0",
                "wikimedia/cdb": "3.0.0",
                "wikimedia/cldr-plural-rule-parser": "2.0.0",
                "wikimedia/common-passwords": "0.5.0",
                "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "2.1.0",
                "wikimedia/html-formatter": "4.0.3",
                "wikimedia/ip-utils": "5.0.0",
                "wikimedia/less.php": "4.1.1",
                "wikimedia/minify": "2.5.1",
                "wikimedia/normalized-exception": "1.0.1",
                "wikimedia/object-factory": "5.0.1",
                "wikimedia/parsoid": "0.18.2",
                "wikimedia/php-session-serializer": "2.0.1",
                "wikimedia/purtle": "1.0.8",
                "wikimedia/relpath": "3.0.0",
                "wikimedia/remex-html": "4.0.1",
                "wikimedia/request-timeout": "1.2.0",
                "wikimedia/running-stat": "2.1.0",
                "wikimedia/scoped-callback": "4.0.0",
                "wikimedia/services": "3.0.0",
                "wikimedia/shellbox": "4.0.0",
                "wikimedia/utfnormal": "4.0.0",
                "wikimedia/timestamp": "4.1.1",
                "wikimedia/wait-condition-loop": "2.0.2",
                "wikimedia/wrappedstring": "4.0.1",
                "wikimedia/xmp-reader": "0.9.1",
                "zordius/lightncandy": "1.2.6"
        },
        "require-dev": {
                "composer/spdx-licenses": "1.5.7",
                "doctrine/dbal": "3.4.2",
                "doctrine/sql-formatter": "1.1.1",
                "ext-simplexml": "*",
                "giorgiosironi/eris": "^0.13.0",
                "hamcrest/hamcrest-php": "^2.0",
                "johnkary/phpunit-speedtrap": "^4.0",
                "mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer": "42.0.0",
                "mediawiki/mediawiki-phan-config": "0.13.0",
                "nikic/php-parser": "^4.10.2",
                "php-parallel-lint/php-console-highlighter": "1.0.0",
                "php-parallel-lint/php-parallel-lint": "1.3.2",
                "phpunit/phpunit": "9.5.28",
                "psy/psysh": "^0.11.1",
                "seld/jsonlint": "1.8.3",
                "wikimedia/alea": "1.0.0",
                "wikimedia/langconv": "^0.4.2",
                "wikimedia/testing-access-wrapper": "~2.0",
                "wmde/hamcrest-html-matchers": "^1.0.0"
        },
        "replace": {
                "symfony/polyfill-ctype": "1.99",
                "symfony/polyfill-mbstring": "1.99"
        },
        "suggest": {
                "ext-apcu": "Faster web responses overall.",
                "ext-bcmath": "Increased performance of some operations. Required especially on 32 bit machines. This or ext-gmp are needed for scrambling Temporary Accounts.",
                "ext-curl": "Faster HTTP services, e.g. when using InstantCommons, Swift, or Etcd.",
                "ext-exif": "Enable processing of EXIF information in file uploads.",
                "ext-gd": "Enable thumbnails for file uploads.",
                "ext-gmp": "Increased performance of some operations. Required especially on 32 bit machines. This or ext-bcmath are needed for scrambling Temporary Accounts.",
                "ext-mysqli": "Enable the MySQL and MariaDB database type for MediaWiki.",
                "ext-openssl": "Encrypt session data (or opt-out via $wgSessionInsecureSecrets).",
                "ext-pdo": "Enable the SQLite database type for MediaWiki.",
                "ext-pgsql": "Enable the PostgreSQL database type for MediaWiki.",
                "ext-posix": "Enable CLI concurrent processing, e.g. for runJobs.php.",
                "ext-pcntl": "Enable CLI concurrent processing, e.g. for runJobs.php and rebuildLocalisationCache.php.",
                "ext-readline": "Enable CLI history and autocomplete, e.g. for eval.php and other REPLs.",
                "ext-sockets": "Enable CLI concurrent processing, e.g. for rebuildLocalisationCache.php.",
                "ext-wikidiff2": "Faster text difference engine.",
                "ext-zlib": "Enable use of GZIP compression, e.g. for SqlBagOStuff (ParserCache), $wgCompressRevisions, or $wgUseFileCache.",
                "monolog/monolog": "Enable use of MonologSpi ($wgMWLoggerDefaultSpi)."
        },
        "autoload": {
                "psr-0": {
                        "ComposerHookHandler": "includes/composer",
                        "ComposerVendorHtaccessCreator": "includes/composer",
                        "ComposerPhpunitXmlCoverageEdit": "includes/composer"
                }
        },
 "autoload-dev": {
                "files": [
                        "vendor/hamcrest/hamcrest-php/hamcrest/Hamcrest.php",
                        "vendor/wmde/hamcrest-html-matchers/src/functions.php"
                ]
        },
        "scripts": {
                "mw-install:sqlite": "@php maintenance/install.php --server=http://localhost:4000 --dbtype sqlite --dbpath cache/ --scriptpath '' --pass adminpassword MediaWiki Admin",
                "serve": "@php -S localhost:4000",
                "lint": "parallel-lint --exclude node_modules --exclude vendor",
                "phan": "phan -d . --long-progress-bar",
                "phpcs": "phpcs -p -s --cache",
                "fix": [
                        "phpcbf"
                ],
                "pre-install-cmd": "ComposerHookHandler::onPreInstall",
                "pre-update-cmd": "ComposerHookHandler::onPreUpdate",
                "post-install-cmd": "ComposerVendorHtaccessCreator::onEvent",
                "post-update-cmd": "ComposerVendorHtaccessCreator::onEvent",
                "releasenotes": "@phpunit:entrypoint --group ReleaseNotes",
                "test": [
                        "@lint .",
                        "@phpcs ."
                ],
                "test-some": [
                        "@lint",
                        "@phpcs"
                ],
                "phpunit": "phpunit",
                "phpunit:unit": "@phpunit --colors=always --testsuite=core:unit,extensions:unit,skins:unit",
                "phpunit:integration": "@phpunit --colors=always --testsuite=core:integration,extensions:integration,skins:integration",
                "phpunit:coverage": "@phpunit --testsuite=core:unit --exclude-group Dump,Broken",
                "phpunit:coverage-edit": "ComposerPhpunitXmlCoverageEdit::onEvent",
                "phpunit:entrypoint": "@phpunit -c tests/phpunit/suite.xml"
        },
        "config": {
                "optimize-autoloader": true,
                "prepend-autoloader": false,
                "allow-plugins": {
                        "composer/package-versions-deprecated": true,
                        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": true,
                        "composer/installers": true
                }
        },
        "extra": {
                "merge-plugin": {
                        "include": [
                                "composer.local.json"
                        ],
                        "merge-dev": false
                }
        }
}

Output of composer diagnose:

Checking composer.json: WARNING
The version field is present, it is recommended to leave it out if the package is published on Packagist.
require.composer/semver : exact version constraints (3.3.2) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.cssjanus/cssjanus : exact version constraints (2.1.1) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.guzzlehttp/guzzle : exact version constraints (7.5.3) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.justinrainbow/json-schema : exact version constraints (5.2.13) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.liuggio/statsd-php-client : exact version constraints (1.0.18) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.monolog/monolog : exact version constraints (2.2.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.pear/mail : exact version constraints (1.5.1) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.pear/mail_mime : exact version constraints (1.10.11) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.pear/net_smtp : exact version constraints (1.10.1) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.psr/container : exact version constraints (1.1.2) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.psr/http-message : exact version constraints (1.0.1) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.psr/log : exact version constraints (1.1.4) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.ralouphie/getallheaders : exact version constraints (3.0.3) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.symfony/polyfill-php80 : exact version constraints (1.28.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.symfony/polyfill-php81 : exact version constraints (1.28.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.symfony/polyfill-php82 : exact version constraints (1.28.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.symfony/polyfill-php83 : exact version constraints (1.28.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.symfony/yaml : exact version constraints (5.4.23) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/at-ease : exact version constraints (2.1.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/base-convert : exact version constraints (2.0.2) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/bcp-47-code : exact version constraints (2.0.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/cdb : exact version constraints (3.0.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/cldr-plural-rule-parser : exact version constraints (2.0.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin : exact version constraints (2.1.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/html-formatter : exact version constraints (4.0.3) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/ip-utils : exact version constraints (5.0.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/less.php : exact version constraints (4.1.1) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/minify : exact version constraints (2.5.1) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/normalized-exception : exact version constraints (1.0.1) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/object-factory : exact version constraints (5.0.1) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/php-session-serializer : exact version constraints (2.0.1) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/purtle : exact version constraints (1.0.8) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/relpath : exact version constraints (3.0.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/remex-html : exact version constraints (4.0.1) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/request-timeout : exact version constraints (1.2.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/running-stat : exact version constraints (2.1.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/scoped-callback : exact version constraints (4.0.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/services : exact version constraints (3.0.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/shellbox : exact version constraints (4.0.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/utfnormal : exact version constraints (4.0.0) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/timestamp : exact version constraints (4.1.1) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/wait-condition-loop : exact version constraints (2.0.2) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.wikimedia/wrappedstring : exact version constraints (4.0.1) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.zordius/lightncandy : exact version constraints (1.2.6) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
Checking platform settings: OK
Checking git settings: OK git version 2.43.0
Checking http connectivity to packagist: OK
Checking https connectivity to packagist: OK
Checking github.com rate limit: OK
Checking disk free space: OK
Checking pubkeys: 
Tags Public Key Fingerprint: 57815BA2 7E54DC31 7ECC7CC5 573090D0  87719BA6 8F3BB723 4E5D42D0 84A14642
Dev Public Key Fingerprint: 4AC45767 E5EC2265 2F0C1167 CBBB8A2B  0C708369 153E328C AD90147D AFE50952
OK
Checking Composer version: OK
Checking Composer and its dependencies for vulnerabilities: OK
Composer version: 2.7.7
PHP version: 8.0.30
PHP binary path: /usr/bin/php
OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 3.0.7 1 Nov 2022
curl version: 7.76.1 libz 1.2.11 ssl OpenSSL/3.0.7
zip: extension present, unzip present, 7-Zip not available

When I run this command:

composer update --no-dev -vvv

I get the following output:

$ composer update --no-dev -vvv
Running 2.7.7 (2024-06-10 22:11:12) with PHP 8.0.30 on Linux / 5.14.0-427.18.1.el9_4.x86_64
Reading ./composer.json (/var/www/html/afropedia/composer.json)
Loading config file ./composer.json (/var/www/html/afropedia/composer.json)
Checked CA file /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem: valid
Failed to initialize global composer: Composer could not find the config file: /home/vap/.config/composer/composer.json

Reading /var/www/html/afropedia/vendor/composer/installed.json
Loading plugin Composer\Installers\Plugin (from composer/installers)
Loading plugin Wikimedia\Composer\Merge\V2\MergePlugin (from wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin)
> init: Wikimedia\Composer\Merge\V2\MergePlugin->onInit
  [merge-plugin] Loading composer.local.json...
  [merge-plugin] Adding mediawiki/sub-page-list
  [merge-plugin] Adding mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki
  [merge-plugin] Adding mediawiki/semantic-cite
> pre-update-cmd: Wikimedia\Composer\Merge\V2\MergePlugin->onInstallUpdateOrDump
  [merge-plugin] Already merged composer.local.json completely
> pre-update-cmd: ComposerHookHandler::onPreUpdate
This file is part of the SemanticCite extension, it is not a valid entry point.

And I expected this to happen:
I'm trying to install wikibase, which allows my wiki to pull data from other wikis. Part of the installation requires that I use composer to install it.
I'm expecting it to install the dependencies for wikibase

[Krinkle]

The last error is the one that causes the process to exit:

This file is part of the SemanticCite extension, it is not a valid entry point.

It looks like the SemanticCite project may be broken and/or not support installation via Composer. I suggest reporting it them at https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticCite/ instead.

It looks like their composer.json file declaring that SemanticCite.php must be execute as standalone file before MediaWiki, which in turn calls load() to execute SemanticCite/DefaultSettings.php, which then exits fatally with the above error message.