# Any setup steps for LocalWP on Fedora Workstation 40?

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**Created:** [May 20, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/any-setup-steps-for-localwp-on-fedora-workstation-40/42976 "2024-05-20T18:12:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![danielrosehill](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/danielrosehill/32/21766_2.png) [@danielrosehill](https://community.localwp.com/u/danielrosehill)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/any-setup-steps-for-localwp-on-fedora-workstation-40/42976/1 "2024-05-20T18:12:30Z")

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Hi,

I recently moved from Ubuntu Linux over to Fedora.

LocalWP was working perfectly in Ubuntu but looks like Fedora is a bit more of a challenge.

I managed to download the `.rpm` and authenticate with my account.

However, when I try to pull my remote site from Wordpress Engine, I run into the following config issues:

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Message:

`Local ran into a problem when trying to update the hosts file`

Is there any documentation for getting it set up on this distro, if it’s at all possible?

TIA!

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**Author:** ![nickc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nickc/32/21209_2.png) [@nickc](https://community.localwp.com/u/nickc)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 9:06am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/any-setup-steps-for-localwp-on-fedora-workstation-40/42976/2 "2024-05-21T09:06:48Z")

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Hi, @danielrosehill. Have you tried the steps in this thread? It’s for Fedora 39 but may help for 40 too.

> [@Sites fail to boot or create on Fedora 39](https://community.localwp.com/t/sites-fail-to-boot-or-create-on-fedora-39/39923/7):
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> Sorry that you encountered this, @mizaistom and @leichim. As a workaround for now, please could you try installing Local via yum or Fedora’s Software Installer as above, then also installing the missing dependency like this? sudo yum install libxcrypt-compat Restart Local, and you should find that MySQL runs when you create and start a new site. I tested this under Fedora 39 and all is then well for me: (The underlying issue is that the vendor-supplied version of MySQL …

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**Author:** ![danielrosehill](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/danielrosehill/32/21766_2.png) [@danielrosehill](https://community.localwp.com/u/danielrosehill)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/any-setup-steps-for-localwp-on-fedora-workstation-40/42976/3 "2024-05-21T16:31:02Z")

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That seems to have fixed it. Many thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/any-setup-steps-for-localwp-on-fedora-workstation-40/42976/4 "2024-08-19T16:31:36Z")

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