fix: repack AppImage using system WebKit/GTK instead of bundled Ubuntu libs#137
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…u libs The AppImage built on Ubuntu 24.04 bundles WebKit/GTK/GStreamer/GLib from that distro. On Fedora 43 and other distros with newer system libraries, these bundled libs conflict with the host's graphics stack, causing EGL initialization to fail with a blank window. After dx bundle, post-process the AppImage to: - Strip all bundled standard system libs (WebKit, GTK, GStreamer, GLib, Cairo, Pango, etc.) so the host's versions are used instead - Replace the Ubuntu-specific GTK apprun hook (which hardcodes x86_64-linux-gnu paths) with a distro-agnostic version - Repack using appimagetool The AppImage now requires libwebkit2gtk-4.1 on the host system: Fedora: sudo dnf install webkit2gtk4.1 Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 Arch: sudo pacman -S webkit2gtk-4.1 Fixes #136
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Summary
dx bundlex86_64-linux-gnupaths) with a distro-agnostic versionappimagetoolbundle.ymlandmanual-release.ymlFixes #136
Root Cause
The AppImage built on Ubuntu 24.04 bundles WebKit/GTK/GStreamer/GLib from that distro. On Fedora 43 and other distros with newer system libraries, these libs conflict with the host's graphics stack, causing a cascade of symbol lookup errors and a blank white window:
Runtime Requirement
Users need
libwebkit2gtk-4.1installed:sudo dnf install webkit2gtk4.1sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0sudo pacman -S webkit2gtk-4.1Test Plan