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🚀 What’s New in Local 10.1.1 Features

direnv support is now built in to Local. Install direnv from https://direnv.net/docs/installation.html (supports macOS and Linux). Learn more: Using direnv with Local

Fixes

Improved table rendering and scrolling in the backups tab for sites with long names.
Disabled “create from backup” when no cloud provider is connected.

Updates

Updated Electron to v42

Official releases: https://localwp.com/releases/
If you test a new version and it works, write a comment! Co-maintainers are welcome - just reach out.

Update to 10.1.1 confirmed working

I updated the PKGBUILD to test the latest version and can confirm it builds and runs.

Changes required

pkgver=10.1.1
pkgrel=6939
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sha1sums=('1d9ad5cbd7afeaeec71ecdcf7edbbb63a166553d')

🚀 What’s New in Local 10.1.1 Features

direnv support is now built in to Local. Install direnv from https://direnv.net/docs/installation.html (supports macOS and Linux). Learn more: Using direnv with Local

Fixes

Improved table rendering and scrolling in the backups tab for sites with long names.
Disabled “create from backup” when no cloud provider is connected.

Updates

Updated Electron to v42

Official releases: https://localwp.com/releases/
If you test a new version and it works, write a comment! Co-maintainers are welcome - just reach out.

Update to 10.0.0 confirmed working

I manually updated the PKGBUILD to the latest upstream release (10.0.0) and can confirm that it builds and runs without issues.

Changes required:

pkgver=10.0.0
pkgrel=6907
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sha1sums=('b0bd84bc8daca147a275ff659c783ba261299755')

Hi @SalvatoreN,

1. Keep using ncurses5-compat-libs (from source) → safest for compatibility.

Thank you for your excellent work and time, it’s greatly appreciated!

Thanks for the input!

I just want to clarify that LocalWP works perfectly with ncurses6 (already present on Arch), as long as the symlinks are created — which my current version has been doing for some time. This means there’s no need to compile ncurses5 from source.

The caveat is that to create the symlinks, we have to declare a conflict with ncurses5-compat-libs, because the symlinks would clash with the files from that package. Some users may still need ncurses5 for other packages.

So basically, there are three options moving forward:

1. Keep using ncurses5-compat-libs (from source) → safest for compatibility.

2. Switch to ncurses6 with symlinks → cleaner, no legacy compilation, but conflicts with ncurses5.

3. Maintain two separate versions: one with ncurses5 and one with ncurses6 symlinks → users can choose their preferred setup.

I’d be happy to hear what the community prefers before the next release.

In the localwp forum they also pointed out the obsolete package and a team member suggested they will update it eventually. But that was Jan 2024 so... And also the topic is closed so it'd be necessary to open a new one to ask for updates.

That said, I'd suggest to keep using the ncurses5 lib, at least until the localwp team provides an official fix?

Hi everyone,

I’ve taken over maintenance of this package and would like feedback before the next release.

Right now, it depends on ncurses5-compat-libs because LocalWP is linked against ncurses5. I tested running it with ncurses6 by symlinking libncurses.so.5 and libtinfo.so.5 to the ncurses6 libs, and it works fine: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/SalvatoreNoschese/fbbcf69143ca6015b178e29db50ff83c/raw/7be0538d957bd156ff335f7542a52d1be1b83e18/PKGBUILD

This avoids the legacy ncurses5-compat-libs dependency.

👉 Should we keep ncurses5-compat-libs for safer compatibility, or switch to ncurses6 with symlinks (cleaner, no legacy deps)?

Feedback is welcome before updating the PKGBUILD for the next release.

Thanks!

@peddamax Ty 👍