Unable to provision site WP

[Carlitoraiola]

I got a new computer (Apple Macbook Air 2022) and with that one I can’t create any WP site with Local… And I tried everything I could without results… I never had that problem before, it was so easy on my last computer! Help me please!!

The error message is:

Error: Error: spawn Unknown system error -86
at ChildProcess.spawn (node:internal/child_process:413:11)
at spawn (node:child_process:709:9)
at execFile (node:child_process:336:17)
at t. (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:5:2206)
at /Applications/Local.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main/_helpers/execFilePromise.js:1:583
at new Promise ()
at Object. (/Applications/Local.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main/_helpers/execFilePromise.js:1:534)
at Generator.next ()
at /Applications/Local.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main/_helpers/execFilePromise.js:1:330
at new Promise ()

And then it says “Could not update hosts file” because it runs into a problem when trying to update the hosts files

[Nick-B]

Hi @Carlitoraiola

Do you have Rosetta 2 installed on this machine? That might be what is missing.

Uh-oh! Unable to provision site - on Mac m2

Howdy y’all! @rodrigomantoan is correct in that Rosetta is necessary for the time being when using Apple Silicon. Our Local Dev team has this on their roadmap and we will definitely update the forums and our releases page with notes once this is resolved.

[rickg]

I have this same issue and 1) the error message should say this but 2) you don’t tell us how to install Rosetta. This is a new Ventura install.

[Nick-B]

The error message doesn’t state it because there could be several different reasons for that type of error. Rosetta 2 is required for Local’s Apple Silicon build due to the Nginx and MySQL Lighting Services compiled on the Intel architecture, as mentioned in our Install Local help article here.

Some other things that can create that error for example are things like security applications or other developer programs getting in the way.

Regarding Rosetta, if you need help with how to install that there are some details on the thread below that might be helpful!

Uh-oh! Unable to provision site - on Mac m2

I’ve been facing this issue as well in a newly formatted Mac with M1. By taking a look into other applications errors (not related to Local), it seemed that this is a somewhat common error that can be triggered when you’re running an “wrong” version of node. I’m not sure how much this is related to Local, but for me, changing the version of node (and installing Rosetta 2) worked. As I mentioned, I’m not sure if that’s the case for Local, but what worked for me was this: Installed NVM (in my c…

[rickg]

Sure fine but you CAN list the most common error and note that there could be other causes The existing error is completely useless and error messages should always guide someone on what they should do.

I got Rosetta installed but my point there was that when replying, drop a link to HOW to install something that’s not common, don’t just say " yeah, you need to install X…" - it takes no real extra effort to provide a link. Also, it’s been 2.5 years - a purely native version would be useful.