docs: list webkitgtk-6.0 build packages and open 1.99.x beta series

Source builders need the WebKitGTK 6 dev stack, which replaces the v2-era 4.x packages and is not preinstalled anywhere: give copy-paste distro commands (Arch/Debian-Ubuntu, names verified against the repos and the release workflow) plus the pinned wails3 CLI install. Same section records the version convention: 1.99.x is the v3-migration beta series (Wails v3 live, Svelte 4/Vite 4 refresh pending), 2.0.0 reserved for the finished article.
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### Install Wails and Dependencies
Please follow the instructions [here](https://v3.wails.io/getting-started/your-first-app/) to get Wails v3 up and running and follow the instructions below.
System packages for building (the WebKitGTK 6 runtime above, plus
compilers and headers) — Arch: `sudo pacman -S base-devel gtk4 webkitgtk-6.0 go nodejs npm` ·
Debian/Ubuntu: `sudo apt install build-essential pkg-config libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev golang nodejs npm`,
then install the pinned CLI with `go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/cmd/wails3@v3.0.0-beta.20`.
> **Versioning note:** `1.99.x` is the v3-migration beta series — Wails v3
> underneath, Svelte 4/Vite 4 toolchain refresh still pending. `2.0.0` is
> reserved for the finished article. See `docs/V3_MIGRATION.md`.
## Live Development
To run in live development mode, run `make dev` in the project directory (it runs `wails3 dev`). This starts a Vite development