Problem
The Quick Start section in docs/development.md doesn't mention Linux system dependencies required to build the Tauri desktop app. On a fresh Ubuntu 24.04 clone, cargo check fails with missing library errors for javascriptcoregtk-4.1 and libsoup-3.0.
Solution
Add a Linux prerequisites block to the Quick Start section (or link to Tauri's upstream prerequisites page at https://v2.tauri.app/start/prerequisites/#linux). The required packages are:
sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev build-essential curl wget file libxdo-dev libssl-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev libsoup-3.0-dev
Use case
New contributors on Linux can build the desktop app from a fresh clone without hunting down cryptic build errors.
Problem
The Quick Start section in
docs/development.mddoesn't mention Linux system dependencies required to build the Tauri desktop app. On a fresh Ubuntu 24.04 clone,cargo checkfails with missing library errors forjavascriptcoregtk-4.1andlibsoup-3.0.Solution
Add a Linux prerequisites block to the Quick Start section (or link to Tauri's upstream prerequisites page at https://v2.tauri.app/start/prerequisites/#linux). The required packages are:
Use case
New contributors on Linux can build the desktop app from a fresh clone without hunting down cryptic build errors.