From 705d3639685cdb279d0ebd6f99e27ccc6fa9bb56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neel <neel@zed.dev>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:20:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Stop bundling GLib in Linux release archives (#61593)

Bundled GLib shadowed the system libraries for host plugins dlopen'd
into the process, like PipeWire's videoconvert on 1.6+, which would
break Wayland screen sharing on newer distros. This PR makes Zed rely on
system GLib instead, since the bundled version pulls from whatever is in
CI (presently Ubuntu 20.04).

Release Notes:

- Removed GLib libraries from Linux release bundle, which could conflict
with system plugins
---
 crates/livekit_client/src/livekit_client/linux.rs |  4 ++--
 script/bundle-linux                               |  7 ++++++-
 script/install.sh                                 | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/livekit_client/src/livekit_client/linux.rs b/crates/livekit_client/src/livekit_client/linux.rs
index fe7189e901..0ce630976d 100644
--- a/crates/livekit_client/src/livekit_client/linux.rs
+++ b/crates/livekit_client/src/livekit_client/linux.rs
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn start_wayland_desktop_capture(
         .ok_or_else(|| {
             stop_flag.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
             anyhow::anyhow!(
-                "Screen sharing was canceled or the portal denied permission. \
-                 You can try again from the screen share button."
+                "Screen sharing was canceled, permission was denied, or the PipeWire \
+                 connection failed. You can try again from the screen share button."
             )
         })?;
 
diff --git a/script/bundle-linux b/script/bundle-linux
index 0b1fabe982..79de85b2a8 100755
--- a/script/bundle-linux
+++ b/script/bundle-linux
@@ -155,10 +155,15 @@ cp "${target_dir}/${target_triple}/release/cli" "${zed_dir}/bin/zed"
 # Libs
 # Bundle libstdc++ so older supported systems can run binaries built with our
 # toolchain even when their system libstdc++.so.6 lacks required GLIBCXX symbols.
+#
+# Never bundle the GLib family or its private dependencies: host libraries that
+# get dlopen'd are built against the system GLib, and resolving them against an
+# older bundled copy fails with missing symbols.
 find_libs() {
     ldd ${target_dir}/${target_triple}/release/zed |\
         cut -d' ' -f3 |\
-        grep -v '\<\(libc.so\|libgcc_s.so\|libm.so\|libpthread.so\|libdl.so\|libasound.so\)'
+        grep -v '\<\(libc.so\|libgcc_s.so\|libm.so\|libpthread.so\|libdl.so\|libasound.so\)' |\
+        grep -v '\<\(libglib-2.0.so\|libgobject-2.0.so\|libgio-2.0.so\|libgmodule-2.0.so\|libpcre.so\|libpcre2-8.so\|libmount.so\|libblkid.so\|libselinux.so\|libffi.so\|libresolv.so\|libz.so\)'
 }
 
 mkdir -p "${zed_dir}/lib"
diff --git a/script/install.sh b/script/install.sh
index f3a32b102a..0a8278b0c5 100755
--- a/script/install.sh
+++ b/script/install.sh
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ linux() {
     mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/zed$suffix.app"
     tar -xzf "$temp/zed-linux-$arch.tar.gz" -C "$HOME/.local/"
 
+    zed_editor="$HOME/.local/zed$suffix.app/libexec/zed-editor"
+    if [ -f "$zed_editor" ] && command -v ldd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        missing="$(ldd "$zed_editor" 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*\(.*\) => not found$/\1/p')"
+        if [ -n "$missing" ]; then
+            echo "Warning: your system is missing libraries that Zed needs:"
+            echo "$missing" | sed 's/^/    /'
+            echo "Install them with your package manager, or Zed will fail to start."
+        fi
+    fi
+
     # Setup ~/.local directories
     mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin" "$HOME/.local/share/applications"