Failing to install

[sambrockway]

Hi there @OHR - welcome to the Local community!

Based on that error message, I think you’re running into an issue with special characters.

Can you take a look at this thread and see if this represents the error you’re running into?

Special characters not supported on Windows username/password

Moderator Note: Known Bug Summary Thank you everyone who has chimed in and helps clarify this issue! The general problem is that when a Windows Username includes special characters (so an apostrophe ' or a non-ASCII character like é) it can break the commands Local uses to communicate with the MySQL database. Usernames that have an apostrophe in them should be fixed, so update to the most recent version of Local if the username has an apostrophe in it. Read on for what you can do if the userna…

Let me know if this helps!

Sam