Error Installing Wordpress. Command Failed: lazy symbol binding failed: symbol not found: chkstk_darwin

[a01300890]

_Error installing wordpress, command failed: lazy symbol binding failed: symbol not found: chkstk_darwin

• This error happens when trying to install my first wordpress site after installing local for the first time too.

• Are you able to create a new, plain WordPress site in Local and access it in a Browser?
  No

• Which version of Local is being used? Latest, downloades today. 6.5.2

• What Operating System (OS) and OS version is being used?
  mac OS High Sierra 10.13.6

• Attach the Local Log:
  local-lightning.log (58.1 KB)
  

  

[Nick-B]

Hi @a01300890! The latest Local version is actually 6.6.0. Do you want to try uninstalling and reinstalling the latest version and trying again?

• Uninstall Local from your computer.

• Install the latest version of Local on this link.

• Once installed, please restart the computer.

There may also be an issue with the OS you’re running. Are you creating a new site with the preferred set up or are you customizing the variables? Basically, what WordPress and PHP versions are you trying to run?

[brian2023]

Hi, I have the exact same. I was having this issue before, then I found this thread, so I completely uninstalled Local following the instructions provided above, then re-installed using the link you provided, and I still get the same error.

I’m using Local version 6.6.0+6231 on macOS version 10.13.6.

I notice is in my WP site, PHP is set to 7.4, while Locals “Preferred” setup is 8.1.9, so I decided to upgrade PHP on Wordpress to 8.1. This doesn’t fix anything.

Please help. Thank you.

[clnarbo]

I’m having the same exact problem Someone pls help us lol. Am stuck like this for two days trying to figure it out :’)

[Nick-B]

@clnarbo @brian2023 @a01300890

If you downgrade to PHP 7.3.5 do things work normally?

This is likely an issue with your OS reaching its EOL and newer PHP versions aren’t being compiled for it.

Apple macOS

Even though this comment is related specifically to Mojave, it will provide some more insight.

502 Bad Gateway (nginx/1.16.0) in all sites after update

Hi @royby (and @lolobomac if this applies to you) - there are two separate issues at play here, and I want to make sure I explain them appropriately. With the update to Local v6.5.1, we updated our PHP versions and recompiled them on the latest MacOS. This caused users to see a 502 error on their existing sites due to a configuration mismatch. Deleting the lightning-services directory was a temporary workaround, and the core issue has been patched and released in Local v6.5.2. Users on mac…

[brian2023]

This fixed it - thanks!

[fgvision]

@Nick-B

7.3.5

Good morning,
I’m on mac high sierra, I tried everything. It works with version 6.6.1 only with php version 7.3.5, above nothing works anymore. Hoping for a fix soon, that would be great.
In any case, congratulations for this application, much simpler and more practical than MAMP

[Nick-B]

Hi @fgvision - Thank you for your kind words about the application!

As far as your issues go this is due to the age of your OS. The only “fix” will be for you to eventually upgrade to a new OS in order to use more recent versions of PHP. Until then you’ll have to utilize 7.3.5 as a workaround.