[Feature]: Support Ubuntu 24.04

[Mister-Hope]

🚀 Feature Request

Ubuntu 24 will be released in this month, and the beta version is already release in 12th. (See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases)

Hope playweight can add support once it release

Motivation

Cuurently when running pnpm exec playwright install --with-deps on Ubuntu 24.04, errors are thrown

Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease [255 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease [89.7 kB]
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages [1404 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages [15.2 MB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe Translation-en [6029 kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/multiverse amd64 Packages [241 kB]                                                                                          
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Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'libatk-bridge2.0-0t64' instead of 'libatk-bridge2.0-0'
Note, selecting 'libatk1.0-0t64' instead of 'libatk1.0-0'
Note, selecting 'libatspi2.0-0t64' instead of 'libatspi2.0-0'
Note, selecting 'libcups2t64' instead of 'libcups2'
Note, selecting 'libgtk-3-0t64' instead of 'libgtk-3-0'
Note, selecting 'libpng16-16t64' instead of 'libpng16-16'
Note, selecting 'libevent-2.1-7t64' instead of 'libevent-2.1-7'
Package libasound2 is a virtual package provided by:
  liboss4-salsa-asound2 4.2-build2020-1ubuntu3
  libasound2t64 1.2.11-1build2 (= 1.2.11-1build2)
You should explicitly select one to install.

E: Package 'libasound2' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package libicu70
E: Unable to locate package libffi7
E: Unable to locate package libx264-163
Failed to install browsers
Error: Installation process exited with code: 100

[mxschmitt]

We are currently blocked by GitHub Actions, that they add support for it in their runner-images repository: actions/runner-images#9691.

[man-qa]

Same for me, stuck on ubuntu:22.04 for the moment

[ajrowland]

I can run on 24.04 via the UI, or just using the --project firefox flag.

[rotemgrim]

I'm stuck with ubuntu 24.04. any one has a workaround maybe?

[mwanago]

I'm stuck with ubuntu 24.04. any one has a workaround maybe?

I was able to run it on 23.10 with this advice:
#23296 (comment)

I had to compile libx264-163 from the source code though.

[wangfuxin8080]

hi @mxschmitt , do you know when the github issue will be fixed, I encouter the same error when running
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install -y libxtst6 libnss3 libcups2 libxss1 libxrandr2 libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libgtk-3-0

error:
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Reading package lists...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Calculating upgrade...
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Package libasound2 is a virtual package provided by:
liboss4-salsa-asound2 4.2-build2020-1ubuntu3
libasound2t64 1.2.11-1build2 (= 1.2.11-1build2)

E: Package 'libasound2' has no installation candidate

[LostInDarkMath]

I have the same issue. Any news on this?

[WithMarcel]

I encountered a similar issue on Ubuntu 24.04, albeit with a wider range of missing packages: libicu70, libffi7, and libx264-163. To resolve this, I downloaded them from https://packages.ubuntu.com/, specifically for the 22.04 version. While this method isn't advisable due to its deviation from best practices, I managed to install them using apt install ./<package>.deb.

For libasound2, I initially attempted to install libasound2t64, only to discover it was already present. Subsequently, I checked liboss4-salsa-asound2, but refrained from installing it as it would entail the removal of over 70 other packages, which was not my intended outcome.

Proceeding with playwright install --with-deps, I encountered additional absent packages: libvpx7 and libevent-2.1-7. After obtaining and installing them, I was finally able to execute playwright install without encountering any further issues.

It's worth noting that while this workaround worked for me, I don't recommend it universally, nor can I guarantee its seamless functionality for all users. Probably as soon as Ubuntu 24.04 is officially supported, I would try to remove the above packages and reinstall playwright.

[Mister-Hope]

We are currently blocked by GitHub Actions, that they add support for it in their runner-images repository: actions/runner-images#9691.

It seems that there is still a time period before GitHub support 24.04. See here: actions/runner-images#9691 (comment)

It would be great that we can have Ubuntu 24.04 supported in playwright first, then adding a CI test once it supports.

Even a workaround is better than no support. For me, I feel hard when I am switching devices between office, home and my laptop. I have all upgraded them to 24.04, and I have to repeat the above solution 3 times.

[jamieredding]

Hi @WithMarcel, I've made progress with the steps you provided so thank you very much.

I encountered exactly your issue when reaching this point:

For libasound2, I initially attempted to install libasound2t64, only to discover it was already present. Subsequently, I checked liboss4-salsa-asound2, but refrained from installing it as it would entail the removal of over 70 other packages, which was not my intended outcome.

However playwright install --with-deps still continues to complain about libasound2 not being installed, instead of encountering the next round of absent packages that you ran into here:

Proceeding with playwright install --with-deps, I encountered additional absent packages: libvpx7 and libevent-2.1-7. After obtaining and installing them, I was finally able to execute playwright install without encountering any further issues.

Further steps

I proceeded to instead run npx playwright install without --with-deps and I reached the libvpx7 and libevent-2.1.7 missing packages that are mentioned above.

I then installed them manually the same way as the earlier ones by visiting https://packages.ubuntu.com/.

After that point, npx playwright install ran without errors.

Running tests

I am able to run npx playwright test on the example tests generated when you add playwright to a project. 5/6 pass except [webkit] › example.spec.ts:10:5 › get started link fails when trying to click a link.

I'll proceed for now despite this as I'm at least able to test with chromium.