libwebkit2gtk-4.0 not available in Ubuntu 24

[fuchsrot]

Description

libwebkit2gtk-4.0 not available in Ubuntu 24 Repositories.

To Reproduce

Run wails build

Expected behaviour

Wails work as expected

Screenshots

# Building target: linux/amd64

  • Generating bindings: Done.
  • Installing frontend dependencies: Done.
  • Compiling frontend: Done.
  • Compiling application: # github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/pkg/assetserver/webview
# [pkg-config --cflags  -- gtk+-3.0 webkit2gtk-4.0 gio-unix-2.0 gtk+-3.0 webkit2gtk-4.0 gio-unix-2.0 gtk+-3.0 webkit2gtk-4.0]
Package webkit2gtk-4.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `webkit2gtk-4.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'webkit2gtk-4.0', required by 'virtual:world', not found
Package 'webkit2gtk-4.0', required by 'virtual:world', not found
Package 'webkit2gtk-4.0', required by 'virtual:world', not found

Attempted Fixes

No response

System Details

# Wails
Version         | v2.8.2
Package Manager | apt   

# System
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
| OS           | Ubuntu                                                                 |
| Version      | 24.04                                                                  |
| ID           | ubuntu                                                                 |
| Go Version   | go1.22.3                                                               |
| Platform     | linux                                                                  |
| Architecture | amd64                                                                  |
| CPU          | 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz                         |
| GPU          | TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] (Intel Corporation) - Driver: i915 |
| Memory       | 15GB                                                                   |
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

# Dependencies
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
| Dependency | Package Name    | Status    | Version          |
| *docker    | docker.io       | Available | 24.0.7-0ubuntu4  |
| gcc        | build-essential | Installed | 12.10ubuntu1     |
| libgtk-3   | libgtk-3-dev    | Installed | 3.24.41-4ubuntu1 |
| libwebkit  | Unknown         | Not Found |                  |
| npm        | npm             | Installed | 10.5.2           |
| *nsis      | nsis            | Available | 3.09-4ubuntu1    |
| pkg-config | pkg-config      | Installed | 1.8.1            |
└────────────────── * - Optional Dependency ──────────────────┘

Additional context

No response

[FM1337]

Related to #3345.

A potential workaround for now is to use a devcontainer, it is a bit of a hackish workaround and I haven't been able to get the desktop GUI working (but the web server does, which means you can still make go calls from it), or you could even spin up a VM and do development inside there. (And in my testing, I had to use WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 NO_AT_BRIDGE=1 wails dev to ensure that things worked after installing the dependencies)

Not a perfect solution by any means, but if you must absolutely not be held up waiting, then a solution like that should work for the interim.

[leaanthony]

I believe this is fixed on master due to this PR: https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/3461

[FM1337]

I believe this is fixed on master due to this PR: #3461

Ah good catch, I originally missed that.

[youaodu]

hello, not fixed yet in version: 2.8.2 cli. how can i temp fixed this issue.

[leaanthony]

https://wails.io/docs/guides/local-development

[youaodu]

thank u