Getting the Site shell button to work on Linux

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What issue or error are you experiencing?

On Ubuntu 24.04.2 running KDE, the “Site shell” button does nothing. Has anyone figured out how to get it working? I have tried adding a script to my $PATH that mimics gnome-terminal but it made no difference. What worked for you?

What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc

  1. Start Local
  2. Navigate to a site
  3. Click “Site shell”

System Details

  • Local Version:
    Version 9.2.2+6771 and many previous versions.
  • Operating System (OS) and OS version:

Local Logs

Attach your Local Logs here (Help Doc - Retrieving Local’s Log)
local-lightning.log (57.3 KB)

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Hi @seashell

Are you using the Preferred version when making a site or a Custom version? Checking to see if you’re only using the newest PHP version and whether or not any different PHP versions would work specifically.

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Thanks for the suggestion. I tried a Preferred install with the default settings. It did not work. Since the default is using PHP 8.2.23, I also tried updating that same site to PHP 8.3.11. That didn’t work, so I created a new site with 8.3.11 out of the box. Still no go.

Also, I tried running Local from the command line with ./opt/Local/local but there is no output when I click on “Site shell”.

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It looks like this topic, like many others, is going to be automatically closed without any other replies. So I’m dropping this workaround that I found in case anyone else finds this post.

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Thank you for sharing this @seashell! Apologies for not circling back sooner as I wasn’t able to do any testing yet. I’ll pass this along to the Local Devs as well :green_heart: