Magento 2.3.5 fresh installtion using composer results in error - magento2

Question

I am trying to install Magento 2.3.5 using composer.
muk#muk:/var/www/html$ composer create-project --repository-url=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-community-edition=2.3.5 magento23
Creating a "magento/project-community-edition" project at "./magento23"
Installing magento/project-community-edition (2.3.5-p1)
- Installing magento/project-community-edition (2.3.5-p1): Loading from cache
Created project in /var/www/html/magento23
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Package operations: 463 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
- Installing magento/magento-composer-installer (0.1.13): Loading from cache
- Installing laminas/laminas-dependency-plugin (1.0.3): Loading from cache
Plugin installation failed (include(/var/www/html/magento23/vendor/laminas/laminas-dependency-plugin/src/DependencyRewriterPlugin.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory), rolling back
- Removing laminas/laminas-dependency-plugin (1.0.3)
[ErrorException]
include(/var/www/html/magento23/vendor/laminas/laminas-dependency-plugin/src/DependencyRewriterPlugin.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
create-project [-s|--stability STABILITY] [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--repository REPOSITORY] [--repository-url REPOSITORY-URL] [--add-repository] [--dev] [--no-dev] [--no-custom-installers] [--no-scripts] [--no-progress] [--no-secure-http] [--keep-vcs] [--remove-vcs] [--no-install] [--ignore-platform-reqs] [--] [<package>] [<directory>] [<version>]
I am getting following error.
Plugin installation failed (include(/var/www/html/magento23/vendor/laminas/laminas-dependency-plugin/src/DependencyRewriterPlugin.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory), rolling back
- Removing laminas/laminas-dependency-plugin (1.0.3)
My Composer version
muk#muk:/var/www/html$ composer --version
Composer version 1.10.5 2020-04-10 11:44:22
I am using VirtualBox with Shared folder.
How can I fix it?
Note: To fix it I stopped using shared folder. Now I keep the entire code in the VM and do not use shared folder. For file synching I am using mutagen.

Answer 1

if anyone runs into this issue, it looks to be a problem with virtualBox and shared folders. when unzipping files, they are not immediately available in the environment.
the solution is by rkamp and is also available here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/66413857/1470145
in short, one needs to override unzip to add a brief delay after unzipping.

Answer 2

I thought I had the same issue, but turned out it was something else.
The upgrade went OK for me, for a sandbox/clean 2.3.4 install, and a client project running 2.3.4.
A few things:
This could possibly be an issue with your cache, try to clear your composer laminas cache (~/.composer/cache/files/laminas usually)
Although it would complain about that, you've possibly got unmet platform requirements (php version, etc.)
Try clearing your entire composer cache (~/.composer)
Double-check the repository URL (should it be 2.3.5 or 2.3.5-p1?)
Hope that helps