What issue or error are you experiencing? Unable to use SQL-related features due to outdated dependency on libncurses5 What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc Try to run any mysql command from the site shell. System Details Local Version: V…

Hey @Walter ! As of Local v9.2.5 ( Releases - Local ) we should have this addressed for Ubuntu and Fedora: Improved Ubuntu 24 and Fedora compatibility by bundling missing dependencies that are no longer included in latest Linux releases. Previously, this was causing issues installing Local and start…

Thanks for looking into this. I had only tried with a new site since moving to Mint 22.2 from 21.3. I was unable to create a site from a zip, and when I tried to create a blank site and then add the SQL dump, I received the error message, “Failed to get current SQL modes. Reason: mysql: error while …

Hey @Walter , thanks for your patience with this and I’m glad you found a work around. It looks like we did “fix” this issue in v9.2.5 Improved Ubuntu 24 and Fedora compatibility by bundling missing dependencies that are no longer included in latest Linux releases. Previously, this was causing i…

Unable to install on Linux Mint 22 or Ubuntu 24

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Walter October 8, 2025, 4:25pm 2

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