I have made commits today that should address the issue. I recreated it even on x86. I am thinking I need to pin this to a given release of CEF.
Please try again and let me know. You should be able to just do ./build.sh --install and that should do everything. Yours, GC On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 5:19 AM Gregory Casamento <[email protected]> wrote: > GNUmakefile.preamble:29: CEF headers not found at /include. Using stubs > for compilation. > GNUmakefile.preamble:56: CEF libraries not found at /Release. WebView > compiles without CEF runtime. > GNUmakefile.preamble:57: Apps linking against WebKit need CEF libraries > available via LD_LIBRARY_PATH or /usr/local/lib > GNUmakefile.preamble:29: CEF headers not found at /include. Using stubs > for compilation. > GNUmakefile.preamble:56: CEF libraries not found at /Release. WebView > compiles without CEF runtime. > GNUmakefile.preamble:57: Apps linking against WebKit need CEF libraries > available via LD_LIBRARY_PATH or /usr/local/lib > > This bit indicates that you didn't build CEF first. This appears to be a > documentation issue on my part. I am doing a meeting today about GNUstep > it was posted to the mailing list. You're free to come if you like. I > am going to show it there. I am going to revise how it's built afterwards > to make sure people get it right. I will likely write a script to automate > the entire process. > > Yours, GC > > On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM Gregory Casamento < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you for the feedback. I will give it a shot to see if I can >> reproduce it. >> >> On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 4:23 AM Patrick CARDONA <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Greg, >>> >>> I joined my log from first attempt. >>> >>> <libs-webkitcef.log> >>> >>> >>> On 2026-06-12 15:59:14 +0200 Gregory Casamento <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Patrick, >>> > >>> > It isn’t specific for any given architecure. I haven’t had an >>> > opportunity to test on Raspberry Pi. It SHOULD work. The best I can >>> say is >>> > to try to build it and let me know. >>> > >>> > The build instructions should be in the repo. You need to build CEF >>> first >>> > using the provided scripts. >>> > >>> > File any bugs you find and I will work with you to get it working. :) >>> > Yours, GC >>> > >>> >> On Jun 12, 2026, at 04:53, Patrick CARDONA <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >> Hi Joseph, >>> >> Hi Greg, >>> > >>> >> Is libs-webkitcef available for arm64? >>> >> I remember I was not able to build it on my pi500. >>> > >>> >> What about Surf, another webkit implementation by suckless.org >>> >> <http://suckless.org/>? >>> >> It could be also embeded. >>> >> Look at: >>> >> https://surf.suckless.org <https://surf.suckless.org/> >>> > >>> >> P.S.: I had to stop my work on agnostep due to health trouble. Sorry >>> to be >>> >> less present on the list for the future months. >>> > >>> >> Cheers, >>> >> Patrick >>> > >>> >> On 2026-05-29 17:13:08 +0200 Joseph Maloney <[email protected] >>> >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > >>> >>> Got it. I've been keeping multiple ideas in play anyway but I still >>> wanted >>> >>> to look at this over the weekend. I had a fork of webkit started, >>> where I >>> >>> just need to try to disable more features to see if it can build in >>> a >>> >>> reasonable amount of time. I might revisit ladybird at some point in >>> the >>> >>> future, but I'm thinking Basilisk's rendering engine could be >>> another >>> >>> possibility. Summer hours will probably prevent me from doing much, >>> with >>> >>> all the things coming up, family things, but I'd expect a big push >>> near >>> >>> the fall and winter for something. >>> > >>> >>> Joseph Maloney >>> > >>> >>> Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email. >>> > >>> >>> On Thursday, May 28th, 2026 at 9:45 PM, Gregory Casamento >>> >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > >>> >>>> Don't let this halt anything you're doing on your end. What I've >>> done is >>> >>>> experimental. I'm just sure if it's going to be as capable as what >>> you're >>> >>>> doing now. It's not a native implementation it is literally a >>> facade in >>> >>>> front of CEF, so there may be some features that can't be >>> implemented... >>> >>>> for instance some deep JavaScript integration might not be possible. >>> > >>> >>>> Yours, GC >>> > >>> >>>> On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 9:11 AM Joseph Maloney <[email protected] >>> >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > >>> >>>>> Very cool thanks for sharing. Looking forward to try the other >>> apps as >>> >>>>> well. >>> > >>> >>>>> Joseph Maloney >>> > >>> >>>>> Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email. >>> > >>> >>>>> On Tuesday, May 26th, 2026 at 3:26 AM, Gregory Casamento >>> >>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >>>>>> I added a navigation textfield (showing the URL) and corrected >>> resize >>> >>>>>> issues. It shows the GNUstep website perfectly. :) >>> > >>> >>>>>> On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM Gregory Casamento >>> >>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >>>>>>> Correction... the url is >>> > >>> >>>>>>> https://github.com/gnustep/libs-webkitcef >>> > >>> >>>>>>> On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 10:19 PM Gregory Casamento >>> >>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >>>>>>>> Hey guys, >>> > >>> >>>>>>>> The URL for this is at https://github.com/gcasa/libs-webkitcef. >>> .. >>> > >>> >>>>>>>> [webpage_demo.png] >>> > >>> >>>>>>>> As you can see, it is now loading a webpage from IETF showing >>> an RFC. >>> >>>>>>>> This is backed by CEF (Chromium Embedded Framework), which >>> makes it a >>> >>>>>>>> complete web browser. I used Codex (AI assistant) to find some >>> of the >>> >>>>>>>> issues that I was having with getting this up and running. I >>> made >>> >>>>>>>> several missteps in my initial setup, which the AI identified. >>> >>>>>>>> This implements a minimal set of the webview/webkit >>> functionality to >>> >>>>>>>> allow applications to link and simply use a webview as exists >>> on >>> >>>>>>>> Cocoa. >>> >>>>>>>> I am working to make sure this can be linked properly as a >>> framework, >>> >>>>>>>> independently to maximize reuse. >>> >>>>>>>> Yours, GC-- >>> > >>> >>>>>>>> Gregory Casamento >>> >>>>>>>> GNUstep Lead Developer / Black Lotus, Principal Consultant >>> >>>>>>>> http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com >>> > >>> >>>>>>>> https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c >>> > >>> >>>>>>> -- >>> > >>> >>>>>>> Gregory Casamento >>> >>>>>>> GNUstep Lead Developer / Black Lotus, Principal Consultant >>> >>>>>>> http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com >>> > >>> >>>>>>> https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c >>> > >>> >>>>>> -- >>> > >>> >>>>>> Gregory Casamento >>> >>>>>> GNUstep Lead Developer / Black Lotus, Principal Consultant >>> >>>>>> http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com >>> > >>> >>>>>> https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c >>> > >>> >>>> -- >>> > >>> >>>> Gregory Casamento >>> >>>> GNUstep Lead Developer / Black Lotus, Principal Consultant >>> >>>> http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com >>> > >>> >>>> https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c >>> > >>> > >>> >> -- >>> >> Patrick Cardona - Pi500 - GNU/Linux aarch64 (Debian 13.4) Xorg >>> (1:7.7+24) - >>> >> libcairo2 (1.18.4-1+rpt1 arm64) - Window Maker (0.96.0-4) >>> >> GWorkspace (1.1.0 - 02 2025) - Theme: AGNOSTEP - Classic - MUA: >>> GNUMail >>> >> (1.4.0 - rev.947) >>> > >>> > >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Patrick >>> >>> -- >>> Patrick Cardona - Pi500 - GNU/Linux aarch64 (Debian 13.5) >>> Xorg (1:7.7+24) - libcairo2 (1.18.4-1+rpt1 arm64) - Window Maker >>> (0.96.0-4) >>> GWorkspace (1.1.0 - 02 2025) - Theme: AGNOSTEP - MUA: GNUMail >>> >> >> >> -- >> Gregory Casamento >> GNUstep Lead Developer / Black Lotus, Principal Consultant >> http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com >> https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c >> > > > -- > Gregory Casamento > GNUstep Lead Developer / Black Lotus, Principal Consultant > http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com > https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c > -- Gregory Casamento GNUstep Lead Developer / Black Lotus, Principal Consultant http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c
