ubuntu package management decided I didn’t need the current version of php-intl which was running in apache so nominatim fell on it’s face with this error message
“error”
“message” => Class “Transliterator” not found
“code” => 0))
I found the current version of php running in apache with this (put it in a file under the webserver and point a browser at it
<?php phpinfo();
and then install the relevant version of php-intl