# Obsolete ncurses-compat-libs **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugs\ **Tags:** linux, linux-fedora\ **Created:** [October 5, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598 "2022-10-05T03:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aliasifabro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@aliasifabro](https://community.localwp.com/u/aliasifabro)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/1 "2022-10-05T03:27:44Z")
ncurses-compat-libs package is needed by local but it’s an obsolete version. Latest version of ncurses is ncurses-libs-6.3-3.20220501.fc37 which is installed but local is not proceeding to install # Steps to reproduce Try to install Local-6.4.3 on fedora 36 and 37. # Environment Info - Fedora 36 and Fedora 37(Beta) - Local-6.4.3-linux.rpm # Supporting info Below you can see I tried to install the libs by finding their rpm versions online. however they are old and obsolete version. Kindly fix this issue. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/6/5/654c52938e0e05f51687354fdd0fecc0cf686dde.png) ![Screenshot from 2022-10-05 08-24-59](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/8/9/891b045e0d1743a6ee6e79fdcf102054479971e0.png) Thanks ---
**Author:** ![sambrockway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/sambrockway/32/18726_2.png) [@sambrockway](https://community.localwp.com/u/sambrockway)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/2 "2022-10-28T16:41:08Z")
Hello @aliasifabro - welcome to the Local Community! 👋 This bug has been passed along to the Local development team and has been added to the backlog. That said, in full transparency, Fedora is not a highly used operating system and other bugs and feature requests have a higher priority at this time. We appreciate you so much here on the Local team, please do not hesitate to reach out with more questions or suggestions in the forums! We’ll keep you updated on the status of this, Thank you, Sam 👩🏼‍💻 ---
**Author:** ![secmurph](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/secmurph/32/17270_2.png) [@secmurph](https://community.localwp.com/u/secmurph)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 7:56am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/3 "2022-12-08T07:56:11Z")
Hi, I’ve run into the same issue as @aliasifabro here. Is there any solution to this yet or is it being worked on? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@garrett](https://community.localwp.com/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/4 "2022-12-09T16:45:16Z")
I’m also looking for a fix for this. ---
**Author:** ![nickc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nickc/32/21209_2.png) [@nickc](https://community.localwp.com/u/nickc)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/5 "2022-12-22T15:26:32Z")
@aliasifabro @secmurph @garrett If you install via `yum` or Fedora’s Software Installer, does that work for you? Both methods also install/update dependencies on Fedora 36 in my tests. ### Via yum First, download the latest Local rpm from the [Local releases page](https://localwp.com/releases/). ```auto cd ~/Downloads sudo yum localinstall local-6.6.0-linux.rpm ``` ![Screenshot 2022-12-22 at 16.16.08](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/a/d/ad8d3f4c59b68946a2428990981d37ff5040b74b.jpeg) ### Or via Software Install ![Screenshot 2022-12-22 at 16.23.13](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/4/a/4aa1896197fe34877990f7a921749d0ffe30541f.jpeg) ### Either method results in Local running for me ![Screenshot 2022-12-22 at 16.18.24](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/f/b/fb455ddf7453138457920ab21c9946c38940c8fa.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@garrett](https://community.localwp.com/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/6 "2022-12-22T15:46:01Z")
@nickc Both methods give me the same error: ```auto $ sudo yum localinstall local-6.6.0-linux.rpm Place your right index finger on the fingerprint reader Fedora 37 - x86_64 - Updates 41 kB/s | 12 kB 00:00 Fedora 37 - x86_64 - Updates 1.5 MB/s | 2.4 MB 00:01 Fedora Modular 37 - x86_64 - Updates 97 kB/s | 23 kB 00:00 Error: Problem: conflicting requests - nothing provides ncurses-compat-libs needed by local-6.6.0-20221208.3.x86_64 (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages) ``` ---
**Author:** ![nickc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nickc/32/21209_2.png) [@nickc](https://community.localwp.com/u/nickc)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/8 "2022-12-22T16:39:46Z")
Thanks for trying that, @garrett! It seems that [rpm dropped the ncurses-compat-libs subpackage](https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/ncurses/c/e9317e9d5d60bbafccec65f4181e05425db1a13b?branch=rawhide), which is why my suggestion to use `yum` works on Fedora 36 but not Fedora 37. I’ll see if there are other workarounds or changes we can apply to Local to remove the rpm dependency on `ncurses-compat-libs`. A heads-up that a fix may be a little slower to test and deploy at this time of year. Thanks again for your reply and patience. ---
**Author:** ![nickc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nickc/32/21209_2.png) [@nickc](https://community.localwp.com/u/nickc)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/9 "2023-01-09T16:16:46Z")
Late last week the Fedora team [reinstated `ncurses-compat-libs` in Fedora 37 stable](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2129865#c19) due to compatibility issues that removing it was causing. I re-tested my [steps above](http://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/5) and Local 6.6 now runs for me on Fedora 36 and 37 (screenshots below). I recommend trying to install again using yum or Software Installer as above. If anyone continues to encounter issues please let us know. ### yum now resolves dependencies under Fedora 37 ![Screenshot 2023-01-09 at 15.51.26](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/e/4/e43b0e5111ddc2179bf62511390e47b0adce7991.jpeg) ### Local 6.6 running under Fedora 37 ![Screenshot 2023-01-09 at 16.04.55](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/0/4/04c8fcc67be32752efe87fadac9eac3906e9f06a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![adsf1324](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@adsf1324](https://community.localwp.com/u/adsf1324)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/10 "2023-01-09T16:48:38Z")
i can confirm that installing the ncurses-compat-libs for FC37 is allowing local to work now. Note that this should not close this issue as Fedora has clearly warned everyone now that this package will be going away so local needs to have this dependency removed and use the newer ncurses libraries. ---
**Author:** ![nickc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nickc/32/21209_2.png) [@nickc](https://community.localwp.com/u/nickc)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/11 "2023-01-10T13:47:46Z")
@adsf1324 Thank you very much for testing and confirming it worked for you. > Note that this should not close this issue as Fedora has clearly warned everyone now that this package will be going away… Agreed, and I will leave this thread open. Local has a dependency on that package at the moment because the MySQL Generic Linux binary from [mysql.com](http://mysql.com) is linked to libncurses 5. I checked to see if we could correct this by updating the MySQL versions that Local makes available, but the latest MySQL (8.0.31) is still linked to libncurses 5 (screenshot below). Once that updates to link libncurses 6 or newer, Local could remove its dependency on ncurses-compat-libs (which provides libncurses 5). [The post reinstating ncurses-compat-libs](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2129865#c19) suggests the package should be supported until at least Fedora 40, which is scheduled for [release on 2024-04-16](https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-40/f-40-key-tasks.html), giving MySQL some time to update its linked libraries. If that does not happen the Local team could look into compiling MySQL manually for Linux, shipping different binaries or missing libraries for each flavor of Linux, or providing another workaround. Hopefully that helps to document why the dependency exists, and thanks again to all here for your patience while we looked into this. ![Screenshot 2023-01-10 at 14.21.59](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/b/d/bddac01a53de4534a025ea090d6fb26a02cbea0e.png) * * * Edit Jan 2024: MySQL 8.2 now links to libncurses6, so we expect this to be solved when Local updates to use that as the default MySQL service (no timeline yet, but on our radar). ---
**Author:** ![adsf1324](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@adsf1324](https://community.localwp.com/u/adsf1324)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/12 "2023-01-10T21:13:20Z")
i take it switching to mariadb for this is out of the question? they have already switch to libncurses.so.6 ---
**Author:** ![nickc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nickc/32/21209_2.png) [@nickc](https://community.localwp.com/u/nickc)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/13 "2023-01-11T08:49:22Z")
@adsf1324 Thanks for the suggestion. It’s not out of the question. Local currently uses MariaDB only where MySQL is not available (Windows 32-bit), for consistency with popular WP production environments and across the OSs Local supports, but that could change. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/14 "2024-10-04T03:28:23Z")
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