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18 changes: 14 additions & 4 deletions libs/openFrameworks/app/ofAppGLFWWindow.cpp
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#include <GLFW/glfw3native.h>
#endif

#include <cstdlib>

using std::numeric_limits;
using std::shared_ptr;
using std::vector;

namespace of{
namespace priv{
bool InitGLFW(){
#if defined(TARGET_LINUX) && defined(GLFW_PLATFORM_X11)
// GLFW 3.4+ auto-detects Wayland when $WAYLAND_DISPLAY is set,
// Force the X11 backend so XWayland bridges us into the Wayland
// session transparently — no sudo required.
#if defined(TARGET_LINUX) && defined(GLFW_PLATFORM_WAYLAND) && defined(GLFW_PLATFORM_X11)
const char *waylandDisplay = getenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY");
if (waylandDisplay && waylandDisplay[0] != '\0') {
glfwInitHint(GLFW_PLATFORM, GLFW_PLATFORM_WAYLAND);
if (glfwInit()) {
return true;
}
glfwTerminate();
ofLogNotice("ofAppGLFWWindow") << "Wayland init failed, trying X11";
}
glfwInitHint(GLFW_PLATFORM, GLFW_PLATFORM_X11);

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the GLFW_PLATFORM_WAYLAND lines above can't be approved as Native Wayland breaks core ofSetWindowPos ofSetWindowShape functionality.

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I'll test it out. Yeah moved to draft

#elif defined(TARGET_LINUX) && defined(GLFW_PLATFORM_X11)
glfwInitHint(GLFW_PLATFORM, GLFW_PLATFORM_X11);
#endif
return glfwInit();
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion libs/openFrameworks/utils/ofConstants.h
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#elif defined (__ANDROID__)
#define TARGET_ANDROID
#define TARGET_OPENGLES
//#elif defined(__ARMEL__)
#elif defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__ARM64__)
#define TARGET_LINUX // desktop GLFW (X11/Wayland), not EGL/GLES armv6/v7
#elif defined(__ARM__)
#define TARGET_LINUX
#define TARGET_OPENGLES
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4 changes: 1 addition & 3 deletions libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/linuxaarch64/config.linuxaarch64.default.mk
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# Note: Leave a leading space when adding list items with the += operator
################################################################################

PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += glesv1_cm
PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += glesv2
PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += egl
# GLFW + desktop GL (X11/Wayland), same as linux64 — not EGL/GLES like armv6/v7


################################################################################
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/config.linux.common.mk
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PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += gl
PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += glu
PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += glew
# GLFW 3.4 static lib on desktop linux (x86_64 and aarch64) is built with
# both X11 and Wayland objects. Pull the Wayland link deps when present
# so that backend can actually resolve; X11 libs are already listed above.
GLFW_WL_PKGS := wayland-client wayland-cursor wayland-egl xkbcommon libdecor-0
ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILING),1)
$(foreach pkg,$(GLFW_WL_PKGS),$(if $(shell export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=$(PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR); pkg-config --exists $(pkg) && echo 1),$(eval PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += $(pkg))))
else
$(foreach pkg,$(GLFW_WL_PKGS),$(if $(shell pkg-config --exists $(pkg) && echo 1),$(eval PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += $(pkg))))
endif
endif


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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion scripts/linux/archlinux/install_dependencies.sh
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ROOT=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd -P)

pacman -S --needed make pkgconf gcc openal glm glew freeglut gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-libav opencv libxcursor assimp glfw-x11 uriparser curl pugixml rtaudio poco brotli gum
pacman -S --needed make pkgconf gcc openal glm glew freeglut gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-libav opencv libxcursor assimp glfw-x11 uriparser curl pugixml rtaudio poco brotli gum wayland libxkbcommon libdecor

exit_code=$?
if [ $exit_code != 0 ]; then
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