Unable to deploy Photino.Blazor to Linux (SteamOS)?

[sourceit]

I am trying to deploy the Photino.Blazor Hello World to SteamOS. The application compiles and runs on windows. I have attempted to publish a linux version with

dotnet publish -c release -r linux-x64 --self-contained -p:PublishSingleFile=True

However when I run this on the Steam Deck I get the following error:

(deck@steamdeck HelloWorld)$ ./HelloWorld
Photino.NET: "Photino".SetTitle(Photino.Blazor App)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetUseOsDefaultLocation(False)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetWidth(1000)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetHeight(900)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetLeft(0)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetTop(100)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetIconFile(favicon.ico)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetTitle(Photino Hello World)
Photino.NET: "Photino Hello World".Load(app://localhost/)
Photino.NET: "Photino Hello World"***
Unable to load shared library 'Photino.Native' or one of its dependencies. In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider se
tting the LD_DEBUG environment variable: libPhotino.Native: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.Photino_ctor(PhotinoNativeParameters& parameters)
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.b__274_0()
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.Invoke(Action workItem)
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.WaitForClose()
Error #0
Photino.NET: "Photino Hello World".OpenAlertWindow(Fatal exception, System.ApplicationException: Native code exception. Error # 0
See inner exception for details.
---> System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'Photino.Native' or one of its dependencies. In order to help dia
gnose loading problems, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable: libPhotino.Native: cannot open shared object file: No
such file or directory
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.Photino_ctor(PhotinoNativeParameters& parameters)
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.b__274_0()
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.Invoke(Action workItem)
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.WaitForClose()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.WaitForClose()
at Photino.Blazor.PhotinoBlazorApp.Run() in C:\temp\delete\photino.Blazor-master\Photino.Blazor\PhotinoBlazorApp.cs:line 50
at HelloWorld.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\temp\delete\photino.Blazor-master\Samples\HelloWorld\Program.cs:line 32)
Unhandled exception. System.ApplicationException: Native code exception. Error # 0 See inner exception for details.
---> System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'Photino.Native' or one of its dependencies. In order to help dia
gnose loading problems, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable: libPhotino.Native: cannot open shared object file: No
such file or directory
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.Photino_ctor(PhotinoNativeParameters& parameters)
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.b__274_0()
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.Invoke(Action workItem)
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.WaitForClose()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.WaitForClose()
at Photino.Blazor.PhotinoBlazorApp.Run() in C:\temp\delete\photino.Blazor-master\Photino.Blazor\PhotinoBlazorApp.cs:line 50
at HelloWorld.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\temp\delete\photino.Blazor-master\Samples\HelloWorld\Program.cs:line 32
Aborted (core dumped)
(134)(deck@steamdeck HelloWorld)$

I have copied all files over, including Photino.Native.so.

[sourceit]

Same issue applies to Photino.HelloPhotino.NET

[ottodobretsberger]

In theory, if the files and folders are copied onto the SteamDeck correctly (including the .so libraries, which you indicated you did), it should work. We do not however have an option to verify this process ourselves at the moment, since neither of us owns or has access to a Steam Deck at the moment.
One thought is: Photino relies on GTK, which isn't included by default on SteamOS as far as I understand. Maybe that is missing? Either way, it's going to be hard for us to troubleshoot this particular scenario.

[sam-wheat]

Same issue on Windows 10 / Ubunto running on WSL.

Project is the Photino.Blazor sample.

Publish profile:

<Project>
  <PropertyGroup>
	<Configuration>Release</Configuration>
	<Platform>Any CPU</Platform>
	<PublishDir>\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\tmp\BlazorPhoton</PublishDir>
	<PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
	<_TargetId>Folder</_TargetId>
	<TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
	<RuntimeIdentifier>linux-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
	<SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
	<PublishSingleFile>false</PublishSingleFile>
	<PublishTrimmed>false</PublishTrimmed>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

Steps to reproduce:

• Windows Visual Studio 2022 - Publish using above profile. In my case the output folder in the publish profile is the WSL filesystem.
• Open terminal on WSL
• cd /tmp/BlazorPhoton
• chmod 777 ./Photino.Blazor.Sample
• ./Photino.Blazor.Sample

Error msg:

Photino.NET: "Photino".SetTitle(Photino.Blazor App)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetUseOsDefaultLocation(False)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetWidth(1000)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetHeight(900)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetLeft(0)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetTop(100)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetIconFile(favicon.ico)
Photino.NET: "Photino.Blazor App".SetTitle(Photino Blazor Sample)
Photino.NET: "Photino Blazor Sample".Load(app://localhost/)
Photino.NET: "Photino Blazor Sample"***
Unable to load shared library 'Photino.Native' or one of its dependencies. In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable: libPhotino.Native: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.Photino_ctor(PhotinoNativeParameters& parameters)
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.b__274_0()
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.Invoke(Action workItem)
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.WaitForClose()
Error #0
Photino.NET: "Photino Blazor Sample".OpenAlertWindow(Fatal exception, System.ApplicationException: Native code exception. Error # 0 See inner exception for details.
---> System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'Photino.Native' or one of its dependencies. In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable: libPhotino.Native: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.Photino_ctor(PhotinoNativeParameters& parameters)
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.b__274_0()
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.Invoke(Action workItem)
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.WaitForClose()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.WaitForClose()
at Photino.Blazor.PhotinoBlazorApp.Run() in C:\Projects\photino.Blazor\Photino.Blazor\PhotinoBlazorApp.cs:line 50
at Photino.Blazor.Sample.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Projects\photino.Blazor\Samples\Photino.Blazor.Sample\Program.cs:line 33)
Unhandled exception. System.ApplicationException: Native code exception. Error # 0 See inner exception for details.
---> System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'Photino.Native' or one of its dependencies. In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable: libPhotino.Native: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.Photino_ctor(PhotinoNativeParameters& parameters)
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.b__274_0()
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.Invoke(Action workItem)
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.WaitForClose()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at PhotinoNET.PhotinoWindow.WaitForClose()
at Photino.Blazor.PhotinoBlazorApp.Run() in C:\Projects\photino.Blazor\Photino.Blazor\PhotinoBlazorApp.cs:line 50
at Photino.Blazor.Sample.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Projects\photino.Blazor\Samples\Photino.Blazor.Sample\Program.cs:line 33
Aborted

[sam-wheat]

Is anyone here?

[MikeYeager]

@sam-wheat So far, we are not able to reproduce your issue.

[manfromarce]

I get the same error in both Ubuntu and Debian on WSL (Windows 11).

[leaderanalytics]

@MikeYeager because you didn't try or because it works? lol

[sam-wheat]

@MikeYeager 2.6.0 is working thus far! Thank you!

[philippjbauer]

Possibly related to: #81

[SommerEngineering]

I am also very interested in running a Photino.Blazor project on the Steam Deck 😄. However, I'm still in the planning phase and don't currently have a Steam Deck to test 🙁. Would it be possible to run SteamOS in a VM? Yes, I found instructions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ2jvTgp4AA

[MikeYeager]

@MikeYeager because you didn't try or because it works? lol

Because it works. :-)

[MikeYeager]

FYI We will soon release builds with a few fixes that support .NET6-8 and we have published and tested some of our samples using single file deploy with tree shaking (trimming). We have not yet tested on Blazor and will be doing that next.

[sam-wheat]

BTW I am using Photiono.Blazor with dotnet 8 and I have not run into any issues.

[philippjbauer]

@sourceit @SommerEngineering @sam-wheat
You'll want to look at the Flatpack option to publish to SteamOS:

The guide for publishing on all platforms is available as a sample in the Photino.Samples repository as a separate project. It includes a publish script and packaging templates that can be adapted for your specific situation.

Currently only available in the debug branch (as of 03/19/2024), lets find the rough edges together! :)
https://github.com/tryphotino/photino.Samples/tree/debug/Photino.PublishPhotino

You'll want to look at the Flatpack option to publish to SteamOS