Alternate fix for libasound, R package install for ubuntu 22 or 24, u…

…nit test dependencies for 22/24 (#5778)

Alternate fix for libasound

Support for installing R packages quickly on Ubuntu 24

Support for unit testing on ubuntu 24

### QA Notes

All tests should pass

.github/actions/install-r/action.yml

@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ runs:
         curl -Ls https://github.com/r-lib/rig/releases/download/latest/rig-linux-"$(arch)"-latest.tar.gz | sudo tar xz -C /usr/local
         rig add "$R_VERSION"
 
+    - name: Configure Posit PPM for Ubuntu 22.04 with Custom HTTP User-Agent
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "Configuring R to use Posit Package Manager for Jammy..."
+        cat <<EOF > ~/.Rprofile
+        options(
+          repos = c(RSPM = "https://packagemanager.posit.co/cran/__linux__/jammy/latest"),
+          HTTPUserAgent = sprintf(
+            "R/%s (%s) R (%s)",
+            getRversion(), "ubuntu-2404",
+            paste(getRversion(), R.version\$platform, R.version\$arch, R.version\$os)
+          )
+        )
+        EOF
+
     - name: Check R Installation
       shell: bash
       run: |
@@ -26,8 +41,6 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         echo "Installing R development packages..."
-        # Download a sample DESCRIPTION file if not provided
         curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/posit-dev/qa-example-content/main/DESCRIPTION --output DESCRIPTION
-        # Install development dependencies using pak
         Rscript -e "if (!requireNamespace('pak', quietly = TRUE)) install.packages('pak', repos = 'https://cran.rstudio.com')"
-        Rscript -e "pak::local_install_dev_deps(ask = FALSE)"
+        Rscript -e "options(pak.install_binary = TRUE); pak::local_install_dev_deps(ask = FALSE)"

.github/actions/setup-build-env/action.yml

@@ -6,11 +6,24 @@ runs:
     - name: Install Build Dependencies
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get update
+        # Detect Ubuntu version
+        UBUNTU_VERSION=$(lsb_release -rs)
+        echo "Running on Ubuntu version: $UBUNTU_VERSION"
+
+        # Install libasound2 or libasound2t64 based on version
+        if [[ "$UBUNTU_VERSION" == "24.04" ]]; then
+          echo "Installing libasound2t64 for Ubuntu 24.04"
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y libasound2t64
+        else
+          echo "Installing libasound2 for older Ubuntu versions"
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y libasound2
+        fi
         sudo apt-get install -y \
           vim curl build-essential clang make cmake git \
           libsodium-dev libxkbfile-dev pkg-config libsecret-1-dev libxss1 dbus xvfb \
-          libgtk-3-0 libgbm1 libnss3 libnspr4 libasound2 libkrb5-dev libcairo-dev \
+          libgtk-3-0 libgbm1 libnss3 libnspr4 libkrb5-dev libcairo-dev \
           libsdl-pango-dev libjpeg-dev libgif-dev pandoc
 
     - name: Install Node packages

.github/actions/setup-unit-test-env/action.yml

@@ -7,21 +7,44 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y \
-            libwoff1 \
-            libvpx7 \
-            libevent-2.1-7 \
-            libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 \
-            libgstreamer1.0-0 \
-            libflite1 \
-            libavif13 \
-            libhyphen0 \
-            libmanette-0.2-0 \
-            libgl1-mesa-glx \
-            libx264-dev \
-            libgstreamer-gl1.0-0 \
-            gstreamer1.0-plugins-base \
-            gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
-            gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad \
-            libgles2-mesa
+        UBUNTU_VERSION=$(lsb_release -rs)
 
+        echo "Detected Ubuntu version: $UBUNTU_VERSION"
+
+        if [[ "$UBUNTU_VERSION" == "24.04" ]]; then
+          sudo apt-get install -y \
+              libwoff1 \
+              libvpx9 \
+              libevent-2.1-7 \
+              libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 \
+              libgstreamer1.0-0 \
+              libflite1 \
+              libavif16 \
+              libhyphen0 \
+              libmanette-0.2-0 \
+              libgl1-mesa-dri \
+              libx264-dev \
+              libgstreamer-gl1.0-0 \
+              gstreamer1.0-plugins-base \
+              gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
+              gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad \
+              libgles2
+        else
+          sudo apt-get install -y \
+              libwoff1 \
+              libvpx7 \
+              libevent-2.1-7 \
+              libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 \
+              libgstreamer1.0-0 \
+              libflite1 \
+              libavif13 \
+              libhyphen0 \
+              libmanette-0.2-0 \
+              libgl1-mesa-glx \
+              libx264-dev \
+              libgstreamer-gl1.0-0 \
+              gstreamer1.0-plugins-base \
+              gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
+              gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad \
+              libgles2-mesa
+        fi

.github/workflows/test-unit.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   unit-tests:
     name: unit
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

scripts/test.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ else
 	ROOT=$(dirname $(dirname $(readlink -f $0)))
 	# --disable-dev-shm-usage: when run on docker containers where size of /dev/shm
 	# partition < 64MB which causes OOM failure for chromium compositor that uses the partition for shared memory
-	LINUX_EXTRA_ARGS="--disable-dev-shm-usage"
+	# --- Start Positron ---
+	LINUX_EXTRA_ARGS="--disable-dev-shm-usage --no-sandbox"
+	# --- End Positron ---
 fi
 
 cd $ROOT