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Make Aether buildable on Debian/Ubuntu #92

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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions Makefile
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.PHONY: build dev test clean aether-wp install

UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
WEBKIT_TAGS := $(shell pkg-config --exists webkit2gtk-4.0 2>/dev/null || echo "-tags webkit2_41")

aether-wp:
ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
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ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
$(MAKE) aether-wp
endif
wails build
wails build $(WEBKIT_TAGS)

install: build
ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
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endif

dev:
wails dev
wails dev $(WEBKIT_TAGS)

test:
go test ./internal/... ./cli/...
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions docs/installation.md
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Expand Up @@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ sudo apt install golang libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libgtk-layer-shell-de
libgstreamer1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-plugins-good ffmpeg nodejs npm pkg-config
```

> **Note:** Debian Bookworm and Ubuntu 22.04+ ship only `webkit2gtk-4.1`. The build system handles this automatically via the `-tags webkit2_41` flag, so no manual workaround is needed.

### Build

```bash
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