Can you please release a official working version for Opensuse Tumbleweed? or fix the current rpm release?

[codesession]

Opensuse Tumbleweed installation and operation is not working ideally at the moment. So can you please fix this?

Br

[Diggs]

I would also really like an OpenSuse Tumbleweed version that actually works. Maybe unlike OP, I’m not even able to install it because of libcap requirements which is out of sync it seems

[Nick-B]

Hi @Diggs

We have some dependency issues presently for Linux/Ubuntu that may make for a not quite trouble-free install. I’m unsure if these are 1:1 with what you’re running into with OpenSuse Tumbleweed without some more details, but sharing these here in case they are helpful:

Unable to install on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS due to missing dependency

Hello all, Yes, I was able to get this working on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS by following the steps provided by @aldrick. You’ll need to install the following packages to satisfy all dependencies: libtinfo5_6.4-2_amd64 libncurses5_6.4-2_amd64 libaio1_0.3.113-4_amd64 libnss3-tools The easiest way I found to do this is by using Curl to download and then dpkg to install the first three. Download libtinfo5_6.4-2_amd64 and then install the package: Download: curl -O http://launchpadlibrarian.net/648…

Trying to install locapwp under Mint 22

Hello! The issue is due to libncurses5 being considered legacy, despite even today, literally years later being a dependency for various applications. Local included. [Screenshot_20240914_042417] The easiest fix would be for WPEngine/Flywheel to move it along to ncurses6. which is more widely available. An immediate fix in your case is possible but comes with risks if you are not confident bringing in packages from Ubuntu 22.04 without it interfering with the rest of your system. The 22.04 …

We plan to address these issues down the road, but the vast majority of our users are on Windows or MacOS, so we have to prioritize our work accordingly.

[cmccullough]

Unfortunately, this won’t help with openSUSE. This will only work with Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, etc. I have been unable to get Local working on openSUSE and I have been trying for, literally, a few years.

I did create a post just earlier today asking if it would be okay if I created a Snap of Local. This way, the install of Local will work on every Linux distribution and we won’t be reliant on the .deb or .rpm packages and won’t have to worry about dependency issues. Just not sure if I’m allowed to create a Snap since Local is proprietary. I am also planning on a creating a Flatpak sometime in the near future, as well.

[Nick-B]

Sharing this comment from your recent request here as well for others to find.

Creating a Snap of LocalWP?

Thank you for creating this request @cmccullough! I’ve reached out to our Dev team to discuss potential alternatives or enhancements for these distributions and we already have a lot of thoughts brewing on this. We’ll keep you posted with any updates here once we’ve talked things through.

[Diggs]

Thank you for your reply Nick-B!

OpenSuse is RPM based, not DEB based, so I don’t think these workarounds will do on OpenSuse Tumbleweed sadly. I did try Ubuntu though where your workarounds do good. However, Ubuntu has a whole lot of other issues so I’m really looking for a solution for OpenSuse (which is somewhat a underdog because its a European distro I assume, and they guys using it does not talk too loudly - but it’s really just a very well done “Arch” type/rolling distro).

But yea distro hell is real for developers, I really get that. OBS and other bigger open source projets also experienced that quite a lot.

I think preferrably a Flatpak (Snap is Ubuntu-land, not very common in other distros, while Flatpak is very much universal) would be very much appreciated. OBS officially supports deb for the longest, but now added a Flatpak just for perspective

[Diggs]

Yea Flatpak or Snaps is really the way to go to support alot of distros. I’m leaning heavily towards Flatpak as Snaps is not that popular or widespread in the community, and since they already support Ubuntu where Snaps mostly is used anyways, Flatpaks would be just great.

…but ofc even better a solid OpenSuse Tumbleweed version ofc. Best distro

[nickc]

How do Linux users feel about AppImage these days?

One potential issue with Flatpak/Snap in the context of Local seems to be that they’re sandboxed environments. This may have implications for Local since it writes outside of the user’s home directory, spawns and controls other processes, uses IPC internally, and generally expects to have system access that is not heavily restricted.

(I know there are things like --filesystem=host for Flatpak and plugs: [ system-files ] for Snap but my understanding was that they were generally discouraged or required manual approval if we were to ship Local in the Snap Store.)

[cmccullough]

@Diggs, I would love to get this working on openSUSE, as this is my distro-of-choice.

@nickc, I’ve not used many AppImages but I would definitely be up for this and think this is a great idea. Any way that we can make it easier to install and supported on most Linux distributions would be a huge positive! Thanks!

[cmccullough]

@nickc, Sorry, just thought of something…

The only thing with AppImages is that unless told to do so, they won’t look for updates in the way a Snap or Flatpak would. If I understand correctly how AppImages work, when creating the AppImage, you can tell it to look for updates.

Thanks, again, for the reply!

[Diggs]

This is where it’s at with Local on OpenSuse Tumbleweed (rpm) atm for reference.

[cmccullough]

Yes, this exactly what I am seeing on openSUSE, as well.

[Diggs]

About AppImage - yes I’m very positive to that. I use it for a couple other apps which don’t have native or Flatpak/Snap support, and it works just fine. Especially under KDE.

[cmccullough]

Honestly, for me personally, I would be okay with a Snap, a Flatpak, or an AppImage. Either one of these three options will make installing Local WAY easier for Linux users. Thanks!

[nickc]

Thanks for the feedback around AppImage/Flatpak/Snap support, everyone — this has been helpful! The Local team plans to revisit Linux packaging. I don’t know when this will be just yet, but thank you again for sharing your thoughts here.

[Diggs]

Thank you so much @nickc! We are very much looking forward to that!

[cmccullough]

This is great! Please let me know if you need any testing done. I have hardware running Ubuntu LTS, Debian Stable, and openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Thanks again!!