feat: build Ubuntu & AppImages in Docker + Qt static linking (#5151)

.CI/CreateUbuntuDeb.sh

@@ -21,15 +21,12 @@ deb_path="Chatterino-ubuntu-${ubuntu_release}-x86_64.deb"
 # Refactor opportunity:
 case "$ubuntu_release" in
     20.04)
-        dependencies="libc6, libstdc++6, libqt5core5a, libqt5concurrent5, libqt5dbus5, libqt5gui5, libqt5network5, libqt5svg5, libqt5widgets5, qt5-image-formats-plugins, libboost-filesystem1.71.0"
+        # Qt6 static-linked deb, see https://github.com/Chatterino/docker
+        dependencies="libc6, libstdc++6, libblkid1, libbsd0, libc6, libexpat1, libffi7, libfontconfig1, libfreetype6, libglib2.0-0, libglvnd0, libglx0, libgraphite2-3, libharfbuzz0b, libicu66, libjpeg-turbo8, libmount1, libopengl0, libpcre2-16-0, libpcre3, libpng16-16, libselinux1, libssl1.1, libstdc++6, libuuid1, libx11-xcb1, libxau6, libxcb1, libxcb-cursor0, libxcb-glx0, libxcb-icccm4, libxcb-image0, libxcb-keysyms1, libxcb-randr0, libxcb-render0, libxcb-render-util0, libxcb-shape0, libxcb-shm0, libxcb-sync1, libxcb-util1, libxcb-xfixes0, libxcb-xkb1, libxdmcp6, libxkbcommon0, libxkbcommon-x11-0, zlib1g"
         ;;
     22.04)
-        if [ -n "$Qt6_DIR" ]; then
+        # Qt6 static-linked deb, see https://github.com/Chatterino/docker
-            echo "Qt6_DIR set, assuming Qt6"
+        dependencies="libc6, libstdc++6, libglx0, libopengl0, libpng16-16, libharfbuzz0b, libfreetype6, libfontconfig1, libjpeg-turbo8, libxcb-glx0, libegl1, libx11-6, libxkbcommon0, libx11-xcb1, libxkbcommon-x11-0, libxcb-cursor0, libxcb-icccm4, libxcb-image0, libxcb-keysyms1, libxcb-randr0, libxcb-render-util0, libxcb-shm0, libxcb-sync1, libxcb-xfixes0, libxcb-render0, libxcb-shape0, libxcb-xkb1, libxcb1, libbrotli1, libglib2.0-0, zlib1g, libicu70, libpcre2-16-0, libssl3, libgraphite2-3, libexpat1, libuuid1, libxcb-util1, libxau6, libxdmcp6, libbrotli1, libffi8, libmount1, libselinux1, libpcre3, libicu70, libbsd0, libblkid1, libpcre2-8-0, libmd0"
-            dependencies="libc6, libstdc++6, libqt6core6, libqt6widgets6, libqt6network6, libqt6core5compat6, libqt6svg6, qt6-qpa-plugins, qt6-image-formats-plugins"
-        else
-            dependencies="libc6, libstdc++6, libqt5core5a, libqt5concurrent5, libqt5dbus5, libqt5gui5, libqt5network5, libqt5svg5, libqt5widgets5, qt5-image-formats-plugins, libboost-filesystem1.74.0"
-        fi
         ;;
     *)
         echo "Unsupported Ubuntu release $ubuntu_release"

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -24,33 +24,93 @@ env:
   CONAN_VERSION: 2.0.2
 
 jobs:
+  build-ubuntu-docker:
+    name: "Build Ubuntu in Docker"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: ${{ matrix.container }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+            container: ghcr.io/chatterino/chatterino2-build-ubuntu-20.04:latest
+            qt-version: 6.6.1
+            force-lto: false
+            plugins: true
+            skip-artifact: false
+            skip-crashpad: false
+            build-appimage: false
+            build-deb: true
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
+            container: ghcr.io/chatterino/chatterino2-build-ubuntu-22.04:latest
+            qt-version: 6.6.1
+            force-lto: false
+            plugins: true
+            skip-artifact: false
+            skip-crashpad: false
+            build-appimage: true
+            build-deb: true
+    env:
+      C2_ENABLE_LTO: ${{ matrix.force-lto }}
+      C2_PLUGINS: ${{ matrix.plugins }}
+      C2_ENABLE_CRASHPAD: ${{ matrix.skip-crashpad == false }}
+      C2_BUILD_WITH_QT6: ${{ startsWith(matrix.qt-version, '6.') }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+          fetch-depth: 0 # allows for tags access
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          mkdir build
+          cd build
+          CXXFLAGS=-fno-sized-deallocation cmake \
+            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=appdir/usr/ \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DPAJLADA_SETTINGS_USE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM=On \
+            -DUSE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF \
+            -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=On \
+            -DCHATTERINO_LTO="$C2_ENABLE_LTO" \
+            -DCHATTERINO_PLUGINS="$C2_PLUGINS" \
+            -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$Qt6_DIR/lib/cmake" \
+            -DBUILD_WITH_QT6="$C2_BUILD_WITH_QT6" \
+            -DCHATTERINO_STATIC_QT_BUILD=On \
+            ..
+          make -j"$(nproc)"
+
+      - name: Package - AppImage (Ubuntu)
+        if: matrix.build-appimage
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          sh ./../.CI/CreateAppImage.sh
+
+      - name: Upload artifact - AppImage (Ubuntu)
+        if: matrix.build-appimage
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: Chatterino-x86_64-Qt-${{ matrix.qt-version }}.AppImage
+          path: build/Chatterino-x86_64.AppImage
+
+      - name: Package - .deb (Ubuntu)
+        if: matrix.build-deb
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          sh ./../.CI/CreateUbuntuDeb.sh
+
+      - name: Upload artifact - .deb (Ubuntu)
+        if: matrix.build-deb
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: Chatterino-${{ matrix.os }}-Qt-${{ matrix.qt-version }}.deb
+          path: build/Chatterino-${{ matrix.os }}-x86_64.deb
+
   build:
     name: "Build ${{ matrix.os }}, Qt ${{ matrix.qt-version }} (LTO:${{ matrix.force-lto }}, crashpad:${{ matrix.skip-crashpad && 'off' || 'on' }})"
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          # Ubuntu 20.04, Qt 5.12
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
-            qt-version: 5.12.12
-            force-lto: false
-            plugins: false
-            skip-artifact: false
-            skip-crashpad: false
-          # Ubuntu 22.04, Qt 5.15
-          - os: ubuntu-22.04
-            qt-version: 5.15.2
-            force-lto: false
-            plugins: false
-            skip-artifact: false
-            skip-crashpad: false
-          # Ubuntu 22.04, Qt 6.2.4 - tests LTO & plugins
-          - os: ubuntu-22.04
-            qt-version: 6.2.4
-            force-lto: true
-            plugins: true
-            skip-artifact: false
-            skip-crashpad: false
           # macOS
           - os: macos-latest
             qt-version: 5.15.2
@@ -74,44 +134,13 @@ jobs:
             skip-crashpad: true
 
       fail-fast: false
+    env:
+      C2_ENABLE_LTO: ${{ matrix.force-lto }}
+      C2_PLUGINS: ${{ matrix.plugins }}
+      C2_ENABLE_CRASHPAD: ${{ matrix.skip-crashpad == false }}
+      C2_BUILD_WITH_QT6: ${{ startsWith(matrix.qt-version, '6.') }}
 
     steps:
-      - name: Force LTO
-        if: matrix.force-lto
-        run: |
-          echo "C2_ENABLE_LTO=ON" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Enable plugin support
-        if: matrix.plugins
-        run: |
-          echo "C2_PLUGINS=ON" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Set Crashpad
-        if: matrix.skip-crashpad == false
-        run: |
-          echo "C2_ENABLE_CRASHPAD=ON" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Set environment variables for windows-latest
-        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
-        run: |
-          echo "vs_version=2022" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Set BUILD_WITH_QT6
-        if: startsWith(matrix.qt-version, '6.')
-        run: |
-          echo "C2_BUILD_WITH_QT6=ON" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Disable BUILD_WITH_QT6
-        if: startsWith(matrix.qt-version, '5.')
-        run: |
-          echo "C2_BUILD_WITH_QT6=OFF" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-        shell: bash
-
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
@@ -280,83 +309,6 @@ jobs:
         run: conan cache clean --source --build --download "*"
         shell: bash
 
-      # LINUX
-      - name: Install dependencies (Ubuntu)
-        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get -y install \
-              cmake \
-              virtualenv \
-              rapidjson-dev \
-              libfuse2 \
-              libssl-dev \
-              libboost-dev \
-              libxcb-randr0-dev \
-              libboost-system-dev \
-              libboost-filesystem-dev \
-              libpulse-dev \
-              libxkbcommon-x11-0 \
-              build-essential \
-              libgl1-mesa-dev \
-              libxcb-icccm4 \
-              libxcb-image0 \
-              libxcb-keysyms1 \
-              libxcb-render-util0 \
-              libxcb-xinerama0
-
-      - name: Apply Qt patches (Ubuntu)
-        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') && startsWith(matrix.qt-version, '5.')
-        run: |
-          patch "$Qt5_DIR/include/QtConcurrent/qtconcurrentthreadengine.h" .patches/qt5-on-newer-gcc.patch
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Build (Ubuntu)
-        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
-        run: |
-          mkdir build
-          cd build
-          CXXFLAGS=-fno-sized-deallocation cmake \
-            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=appdir/usr/ \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-            -DPAJLADA_SETTINGS_USE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM=On \
-            -DUSE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF \
-            -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=On \
-            -DCHATTERINO_LTO="$C2_ENABLE_LTO" \
-            -DCHATTERINO_PLUGINS="$C2_PLUGINS" \
-            -DBUILD_WITH_QT6="$C2_BUILD_WITH_QT6" \
-            ..
-          make -j"$(nproc)"
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Package - AppImage (Ubuntu)
-        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu-20.04') && !matrix.skip-artifact
-        run: |
-          cd build
-          sh ./../.CI/CreateAppImage.sh
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Package - .deb (Ubuntu)
-        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') && !matrix.skip-artifact
-        run: |
-          cd build
-          sh ./../.CI/CreateUbuntuDeb.sh
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Upload artifact - AppImage (Ubuntu)
-        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu-20.04') && !matrix.skip-artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: Chatterino-x86_64-${{ matrix.qt-version }}.AppImage
-          path: build/Chatterino-x86_64.AppImage
-
-      - name: Upload artifact - .deb (Ubuntu)
-        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') && !matrix.skip-artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: Chatterino-${{ matrix.os }}-Qt-${{ matrix.qt-version }}.deb
-          path: build/Chatterino-${{ matrix.os }}-x86_64.deb
-
       # MACOS
       - name: Install dependencies (MacOS)
         if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos')
@@ -400,8 +352,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: chatterino-macos-Qt-${{ matrix.qt-version }}.dmg
           path: build/chatterino-macos-Qt-${{ matrix.qt-version }}.dmg
+
   create-release:
-    needs: build
+    needs: [build-ubuntu-docker, build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master')
 
@@ -410,12 +363,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # allows for tags access
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      # Windows
-        name: Ubuntu 22.04 Qt6.2.4 deb
-        with:
-          name: Chatterino-ubuntu-22.04-Qt-6.2.4.deb
-          path: release-artifacts/
-
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         name: Windows Qt6.5.0
         with:
@@ -434,28 +382,23 @@ jobs:
           name: chatterino-windows-x86-64-Qt-5.15.2.zip
           path: release-artifacts/
 
+      # Linux
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        name: Linux Qt5.12.12 AppImage
+        name: Linux AppImage
         with:
-          name: Chatterino-x86_64-5.12.12.AppImage
+          name: Chatterino-x86_64-Qt-6.6.1.AppImage
           path: release-artifacts/
 
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        name: Ubuntu 20.04 Qt5.12.12 deb
+        name: Ubuntu 20.04 deb
         with:
-          name: Chatterino-ubuntu-20.04-Qt-5.12.12.deb
+          name: Chatterino-ubuntu-20.04-Qt-6.6.1.deb
           path: release-artifacts/
 
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        name: Ubuntu 22.04 Qt5.15.2 deb
+        name: Ubuntu 22.04 deb
         with:
-          name: Chatterino-ubuntu-22.04-Qt-5.15.2.deb
+          name: Chatterino-ubuntu-22.04-Qt-6.6.1.deb
-          path: release-artifacts/
-
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        name: macOS x86_64 Qt5.15.2 dmg
-        with:
-          name: chatterino-macos-Qt-5.15.2.dmg
           path: release-artifacts/
 
       - name: Copy flatpakref
@@ -463,14 +406,19 @@ jobs:
           cp .CI/chatterino-nightly.flatpakref release-artifacts/
         shell: bash
 
+      # macOS
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        name: macOS x86_64 Qt5.15.2 dmg
+        with:
+          name: chatterino-macos-Qt-5.15.2.dmg
+          path: release-artifacts/
+
       - name: Rename artifacts
         run: |
           ls -l
           # Rename the macos build to indicate that it's for macOS 10.15 users
           mv chatterino-macos-Qt-5.15.2.dmg Chatterino-macOS-10.15.dmg
 
-          mv Chatterino-ubuntu-22.04-x86_64.deb EXPERIMENTAL-Chatterino-ubuntu-22.04-Qt-6.2.4.deb
-
           # Mark all Windows Qt5 builds as old
           mv chatterino-windows-x86-64-Qt-5.15.2.zip chatterino-windows-old-x86-64-Qt-5.15.2.zip
         working-directory: release-artifacts

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 - Dev: Refactor Args to be less of a singleton. (#5041)
 - Dev: Channels without any animated elements on screen will skip updates from the GIF timer. (#5042, #5043, #5045)
 - Dev: Autogenerate docs/plugin-meta.lua. (#5055)
+- Dev: Changed Ubuntu & AppImage builders to statically link Qt. (#5151)
 - Dev: Refactor `NetworkPrivate`. (#5063)
 - Dev: Refactor `Paths` & `Updates`, focusing on reducing their singletoniability. (#5092, #5102)
 - Dev: Removed duplicate scale in settings dialog. (#5069)

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ add_compile_definitions(QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x050F00)
 
 # registers the native messageing host
 option(CHATTERINO_DEBUG_NATIVE_MESSAGES "Debug native messages" OFF)
+option(CHATTERINO_STATIC_QT_BUILD "Static link Qt" OFF)
 
 set(SOURCE_FILES
         Application.cpp
@@ -812,6 +813,10 @@ if (BUILD_APP)
         message(WARNING "Sanitizers support is disabled")
     endif()
 
+    if (CHATTERINO_STATIC_QT_BUILD)
+        qt_import_plugins(${EXECUTABLE_PROJECT} INCLUDE_BY_TYPE platforms Qt::QXcbIntegrationPlugin)
+    endif ()
+
     target_include_directories(${EXECUTABLE_PROJECT} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/autogen/)
 
     target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE_PROJECT} PUBLIC ${LIBRARY_PROJECT})