fix(Linux): Fix libwebkit2gtk-4.0 not available issue

.changes/fix-webkit2gtk-linux-bug.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'tauri-bundler': 'patch:bug'
+---
+
+Fix the `libwebkit2gtk-4.0` bug in Linux by embedding them into the `deb` package. This increases the size of package, but is necessary to make `deb` packages work on Ubuntu 24 and Debian 13 and higher.

tooling/bundler/src/bundle/linux/debian.rs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 // metadata, as well as generating the md5sums file.  Currently we do not
 // generate postinst or prerm files.
 
-use super::super::common;
+use super::super::common::{self, CommandExt};
 use crate::Settings;
 use anyhow::Context;
 use handlebars::Handlebars;
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ use std::{
   io::{self, Write},
   os::unix::fs::MetadataExt,
   path::{Path, PathBuf},
+  process::Command,
 };
 
 use flate2::{write::GzEncoder, Compression};
@@ -82,6 +83,59 @@ pub fn bundle_project(settings: &Settings) -> crate::Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
 
   info!(action = "Bundling"; "{} ({})", package_name, package_path.display());
 
+  // Copy Webkit Libraries
+  let _ = copy_lib(
+    &package_dir,
+    &mut PathBuf::from("/usr/lib/libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so"),
+    2,
+  );
+  let _ = copy_lib(
+    &package_dir,
+    &mut PathBuf::from("/usr/lib/libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0.so"),
+    2,
+  );
+
+  // Copy icu libraries
+  let _ = copy_lib(
+    &package_dir,
+    &mut PathBuf::from("/usr/lib/libicudata.so"),
+    1,
+  );
+  let _ = copy_lib(
+    &package_dir,
+    &mut PathBuf::from("/usr/lib/libicui18n.so"),
+    1,
+  );
+  let _ = copy_lib(&package_dir, &mut PathBuf::from("/usr/lib/libicuio.so"), 1);
+  let _ = copy_lib(
+    &package_dir,
+    &mut PathBuf::from("/usr/lib/libicutest.so"),
+    1,
+  );
+  let _ = copy_lib(&package_dir, &mut PathBuf::from("/usr/lib/libicutu.so"), 1);
+  let _ = copy_lib(&package_dir, &mut PathBuf::from("/usr/lib/libicuuc.so"), 1);
+
+  // Copy jxl libraries
+  let _ = copy_lib(&package_dir, &mut PathBuf::from("/usr/lib/libjxl.so"), 1);
+  let _ = copy_lib(
+    &package_dir,
+    &mut PathBuf::from("/usr/lib/libjxl_cms.so"),
+    1,
+  );
+  let _ = copy_lib(
+    &package_dir,
+    &mut PathBuf::from("/usr/lib/libjxl_threads.so"),
+    1,
+  );
+
+  // Copy WebKit files. Follow symlinks in case `/usr/lib64` is a symlink to `/usr/lib`
+  Command::new("sh")
+    .arg("-c")
+    .arg(r#"find -L /usr/lib* -name webkit2gtk-4.0 -exec mkdir -p "$(dirname '{}')" \; -exec cp -r --parents '{}' "." \; || true"#)
+    .current_dir(&package_dir.join("data"))
+    .output_ok()
+    .context("Failed to copy the webkit2gtk-4.0 files")?;
+
   let (data_dir, _) = generate_data(settings, &package_dir)
     .with_context(|| "Failed to build data folders and files")?;
   copy_custom_files(settings, &data_dir).with_context(|| "Failed to copy custom files")?;
@@ -111,6 +165,33 @@ pub fn bundle_project(settings: &Settings) -> crate::Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
   Ok(vec![package_path])
 }
 
+// Copy libwebkit2gtk-4.0 to make it work on Ubuntu 24.04 and later
+fn copy_lib(
+  package_dir: &Path,
+  lib_path: &mut PathBuf,
+  to_remove: usize,
+) -> crate::Result<PathBuf> {
+  let target_dir = package_dir.join(format!("data/usr/lib"));
+
+  // Follow the symlink
+  while lib_path.is_symlink() {
+    let link_name = lib_path.read_link()?;
+    lib_path.set_file_name(link_name);
+  }
+
+  let mut lib_name = lib_path.clone();
+
+  for _ in 0..to_remove {
+    lib_name = PathBuf::from(lib_name.file_stem().unwrap());
+  }
+
+  // Copy the library file to lib directory
+  common::copy_file(&lib_path, &target_dir.join(&lib_name))
+    .with_context(|| format!("Failed to copy the library {}", lib_path.display()))?;
+
+  Ok(target_dir)
+}
+
 /// Generate the debian data folders and files.
 pub fn generate_data(
   settings: &Settings,

tooling/cli/src/interface/rust.rs

@@ -1057,8 +1057,7 @@ fn tauri_config_to_bundle_settings(
       }
     }
 
-    // provides `libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37` and all `4.0` versions have the -37 package name
-    depends.push("libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37".to_string());
+    depends.push("libavif-bin".to_string());
     depends.push("libgtk-3-0".to_string());
   }