From 2881370acd10eb83a87bf0d38a34409ee99a8ed5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John O'Keefe Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 22:19:27 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 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. --- README.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6457fd8..5b9cf5f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ Once you have the IDs, Keys, and Secrets create an environment.go file based on ### 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