LocalWP on manjaro / Arch

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Hi community,

Has anyone tried to install LocalWP on Manjaro?

LocalWP → tool for local Wordpress development

LocalWP have versions only for debian/ubuntu(.deb packets) or Windows or Mac or Fedora but not for Arch

If anybody have expirience to recompile localwp.deb for Manjaro arch based linux

Maybe anybody may provide userman how to recompile localwp.deb for Manjaro than it will be cool

thanks for understanding…

Viktor
WordPress Developer
https://vm-project.pro

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Welcome to the forum! :vulcan_salute:

Well, this package exists neither in the Manjaro repositories nor in the AUR, but there is a way of installing a Debian/Ubuntu package in Arch-based distributions, and it’s not too difficult.

First, you must enable support for the AUR in pamac — the “Add/Remove Software” application in your system menu. Then, issue the following command… :backhand_index_pointing_down:

pamac build debtap

This will install the debtap tool on your system, and then with said tool, you can convert your .deb package into an Arch Linux Package Manager package, and install it into your system.

At this point, (the ALPM version of) the package will also be registered in your package manager’s database, so that you can remove it by way of pacman or pamac later.

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Would the AUR (en) - local-by-flywheel-bin package do the job? You can install it on Manjaro with the following command:

pamac build local-by-flywheel-bin

pamac info local-by-flywheel-bin 
Name                  : local-by-flywheel-bin
Version               : 9.2.9-6887
Description           : A program to create a local WordPress development environment.
URL                   : https://localbyflywheel.com/
Licenses              : custom:proprietary
Repository            : AUR
Groups                : --
Depends On            : libxcrypt-compat numactl ncurses5-compat-libs libaio gtk3 nss libjpeg-turbo libxss libxslt
Optional Dependencies : --
Make Dependencies     : --
Check Dependencies    : --
Provides              : --
Replaces              : --
Conflicts With        : --
Maintainer            : peddamax
First Submitted       : Sat 18 Jan 2020 00:19:10
Last Modified         : Thu 23 Oct 2025 08:04:08
Votes                 : 24
Out of Date           : --
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The groundwork for running wordpress would be LAMP - no?

[HowTo] Install Apache, MariaDB (Mysql), PHP (LAMP)

Learning how to convert a Debian package to a PKGBUILD may be useful as well

[root tip] [How To] Install a .deb package on Manjaro

Then there is the debtap package - also useful - in learning how to convert a Debian package to PKGBUILD

Using the AUR package will require you to read the comment thread on the AUR package and make an informed decision on how to proceed with the ncurses5-compat-lib which is a required dependency.

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AUR (en) - devwp-bin – An Electron-based desktop application for managing local WordPress development sites

AUR (en) - wordpress-git – Blog tool, publishing platform and CMS

AUR (en) - wordpress-studio-git – A free desktop app that helps developers streamline their local WordPress development workflow.(Use system-wide electron)

AUR (en) - wp-desktop-bin – WordPress.com for Desktop.(Prebuilt version.Use system-wide electron)

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Someone might have – I haven’t.

In this instance, @scotty65 has already provided the solution:

If you look closely at the PKGBUILD you will see that the package is assembled for use with Arch/Manjaro using the .rpm file that you might otherwise download from the official site:

# Maintainer: Evangelos Athanasiadis <dyrer@yandex.com>
# Maintainer: Peter Kerschl <git@pmke.de>
pkgname=local-by-flywheel-bin
_pkgname=local-by-flywheel
pkgver=9.2.9
pkgrel=6887
pkgdesc="A program to create a local WordPress development environment."
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://localbyflywheel.com/"
license=('custom:proprietary')
depends=(
  'libxcrypt-compat'
  'numactl'
  'ncurses5-compat-libs'
  'libaio'
  'gtk3'
  'nss'
  'libjpeg-turbo'
  'libxss'
  'libxslt'
)
options=('emptydirs')
source=("https://cdn.localwp.com/releases-stable/$pkgver+$pkgrel/local-$pkgver-linux.rpm")
sha1sums=('78869bb2d96500230de68ad24cc4340dbf21ae61')

package() {
  mv $srcdir/usr $pkgdir/ # /usr & /opt are top-level dirs in the package
  mv $srcdir/opt $pkgdir/

  #Create symlink the executable to /usr/bin
  mkdir "$pkgdir"/usr/bin
  ln -s /opt/Local/local "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/$_pkgname

  #Setuid on chrome-sandbox
  chmod u+s "$pkgdir"/opt/Local/chrome-sandbox

  cd $pkgdir/
}

Building the package via the AUR should install LocalWP to your local machine without much effort. Please observe the usual warnings about use of the AUR – follow the links also given (above).

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