[request] Clarify reccommended linux build environments for a v2 app

[clone206]

Question you want answered

Is some information in the Debian "distribute" v2 page a carryover from the v1 docs?

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On the below page, it is mentioned that, "A relatively old system such as Ubuntu 18.04 is more suited than Ubuntu 22.04, as the binary compiled on Ubuntu 22.04 will have a higher requirement of the glibc version". Being that this appears on the v2 documentation site at https://v2.tauri.app/distribute/debian/, I'm wondering if that advice doesn't actually apply in the case of a v2 app, which requires libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev. There are some linked issues, but they seem to be relevant only to v1 tauri apps.

As far as I know, Ubuntu 18 docker images, or their equivalent Debian versions, don't include repositories containing libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev. Should it therefore be clarified what may be an ideal docker image for building a v2 app? For example, is that in fact something more like debian:bookworm-slim or ubuntu:22.04? Those seem to be the oldest ones on which I can successfully run an apt-get install for libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev.

https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri-docs/blob/v2/src/content/docs/distribute/debian.mdx

Page URL

https://v2.tauri.app/distribute/debian/,

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Are you willing to work on this yourself?

• I want to work on this myself

[FabianLars]

you're right, i copied that over without changing the numbers. just examples though, the concept of "build on the oldest system you want the app to run on" still applies. But yes, v2 has a minimum ubuntu version of 22.04 (and whatever debian version that is)

[clone206]

Thanks for confirming, and for the work on this wonderful project.

My personal feeling is that examples should at least not be misleading, and should make sense within the context of the documentation as a whole (in this case, the v2 documentation). In this context, Ubuntu 18 would seem to me to categorically not be more suited than 22. Could save others some time in the future to update this.

EDIT: After experimenting, it does seem that an Ubuntu 22 docker image offers the best combination of a low glibc version and availability of libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev. I've solidified my findings with a Dockerfile and supporting files and readme here, in case it's useful to anyone:

https://github.com/clone206/tauri-v2-container