# Uh-oh! Unable to start site. (Error in creating my first site on local)

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/uh-oh-unable-to-start-site-error-in-creating-my-first-site-on-local/39944>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** linux-ubuntu\
**Created:** [November 12, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/uh-oh-unable-to-start-site-error-in-creating-my-first-site-on-local/39944 "2023-11-12T19:20:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/uh-oh-unable-to-start-site-error-in-creating-my-first-site-on-local/39944/4 "2023-11-16T14:09:49Z")

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Cross sharing this thread with one of our Local Devs that might provide some helpful information as well. If you have related questions or concerns you can also share over there as well:

> [@Obsolete ncurses-compat-libs](https://community.localwp.com/t/obsolete-ncurses-compat-libs/33598/5):
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> @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/). cd ~/Downloads sudo yum localinstall local-6.6.0-linux.rpm Or via Software Install Either method results in Local running for me

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