unable to find library -lxdo

[JonathanLindsey]

1. Install dioxus with cargo install dioxus-cli
2. Create a project with dx new my-app - take the default options
3. cd into it with cd my-app
4. Run it with dx serve --desktop

I get a linking error. Below is what I think is the most important part but here's the Full Output.

  = note: rust-lld: error: unable to find library -lxdo
          collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
          

23:56:31 [cargo] error: could not compile `my-app` (bin "my-app") due to 1 previous error 
23:56:31 [cargo] Caused by: 
23:56:31 [cargo]   process didn't exit successfully: [..........]

This seems similar to #3364. But it looks like I already have xdotool installed.

$ apt list --installed | grep xdo

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

libjs-sphinxdoc/jammy,jammy,now 4.3.2-1 all [installed,automatic]
libxdo3/jammy,now 1:3.20160805.1-4 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xdotool/jammy,now 1:3.20160805.1-4 amd64 [installed,automatic]

My environment is Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS (which is a derivative of Ubuntu)

[JonathanLindsey]

I tried setting up dioxus using a fresh (updated) VM - still with Pop_OS 22.04 LTS. I also used cargo binstall dioxus-cli instead of cargo install dioxus-cli since that is the documented way.

Unfortunately, I got an error even earlier on when I ran dx new my-app. I already have libc6 installed. What package am I missing?

jonathan@pop-os:~/Desktop$ dx new my-app
dx: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by dx)
dx: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.39' not found (required by dx)
jonathan@pop-os:~/Desktop$

More output

[d9k]

@JonathanLindsey, try sudo apt install libxdo-dev

libxdo lets you programmatically (or manually) simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11's XTEST extension and other Xlib functions.

/ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/noble/+package/libxdo-dev

[JonathanLindsey]

I tried this again and got different errors but the Platform-specific dependencies instructions fixed them (for both cargo install and cargo binstall methods. I don't know why I didn't do/see that before but the Ubuntu commands do install the libxdo-dev package whereas the Arch commands install the xdotool package. That explains why in #3364 jessezwd refers to xdotool.

Maybe, it would be better to have the Platform-specific dependencies section above the Install the Dioxus CLI section. Obviously, curl is needed to use the curl install command.