Cannot install on Ubuntu 24

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Sorry for this, @Rolf. The Local team is revisiting Linux packaging for Ubuntu 24, but Local 9.2.3 doesn’t have those improvements yet.

For now you could try downloading the required packages from archives:

cd ~/Downloads
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ncurses/libtinfo5_6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5_6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/liba/libaio/libaio1_0.3.112-5_amd64.deb

Then install those packages:

sudo dpkg -i libtinfo5_6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libncurses5_6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libaio1_0.3.112-5_amd64.deb

And finally install Local (latest .deb available at Releases - Local):

sudo apt install ./local-9.2.3-linux.deb

If you ever need to remove those:

sudo dpkg --remove libncurses5
sudo dpkg --remove libtinfo5
sudo dpkg --remove libaio1
sudo dpkg --remove local

We have one other known issue with Local 9.2.3 and Ubuntu 24 that you should be aware of (title bar currently missing), with some workarounds in this thread [edit: this was fixed in Local 9.2.4]:

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