Add github workflows for automatic builds of Dolphin #59

unexploredtest · 2025-12-24T21:13:30Z

Adds workflows for building Dolphin on Linux, Mac OS and Windows as discussed in #58 . Originally I wanted to merge them into a single file but I found them different enough that I made separate files for each OS.
Alongside building, the workflows also upload the builds. The one for Linux is built on Ubuntu 24.04 so it'll only work on that version specifically (due to different package versions). The one for Windows runs fine (the executable gets built on folder Release so it has to be manually copied to the root directory, alongside the python embeded files like before).

I had to make a few changes in the source code though. In finding python libraries whenever find_package is attempted it uses the systems python libraries which didn't run for me on my Windows, so instead I included them manually from the one in Externals/python, let me know what you think.

As for the second change, I encountered a very strange issue. If you attempt to build the project with cmake on Windows, you'll encounter symbol error on Gui::DrawText, which should definitely exist and doesn't happen for other methods in Gui. If you change the name to something else (Gui::DrawText2 in this case) the projects gets built successfully... Honestly a very odd issue and considering that this doesn't happen on Linux and Mac OS (and via solution) it's safe to assume that it's a bug with the compiler/linker/build system. Thankfully this doesn't change Python's API but if you dislike this I'll revert the changes but we'll also have to ditch Windows' workflow.

The Error:

     Creating library D:/a/dolphin/dolphin/build/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Release/Dolphin.lib and object D:/a/dolphin/dolphin/build/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Release/Dolphin.exp
scripting.lib(guimodule.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __cdecl API::Gui::DrawText(struct ImVec2,unsigned int,class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >)" (?DrawText@Gui@API@@QEAAXUImVec2@@IV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@Z) referenced in function "public: static struct _object * __cdecl Py::PyCFunctionWrapperStruct<void (__cdecl*)(struct _object *,float,float,unsigned int,char const *),&void __cdecl PyScripting::draw_text(struct _object *,float,float,unsigned int,char const *)>::PyCFunctionWrapper(struct _object *,struct _object *)" (?PyCFunctionWrapper@?$PyCFunctionWrapperStruct@P6AXPEAU_object@@MMIPEBD@Z$1?draw_text@PyScripting@@YAX0MMI1@Z@Py@@SAPEAU_object@@PEAU3@0@Z) [D:\a\dolphin\dolphin\build\Source\Core\DolphinQt\dolphin-emu.vcxproj]
D:\a\dolphin\dolphin\Binary\x64\Release\Dolphin.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals [D:\a\dolphin\dolphin\build\Source\Core\DolphinQt\dolphin-emu.vcxproj]

And also, merry Christmas!

Felk · 2026-01-02T08:50:10Z

Thanks a lot, and also Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I'll try to take a deep look soon, but I'm currently still moving so bare with me

unexploredtest · 2026-01-02T12:41:35Z

Happy new year! Take your time

Avasam · 2026-01-27T02:34:31Z

The one for Linux is built on Ubuntu 24.04 so it'll only work on that version specifically

Still tried on Kubuntu 25.10 just in case (24.04 is just too old for some of my needs, and doesn't support Qt6 / KDE Plasma 6)
Using the Linux build from https://github.com/unexploredtest/dolphin/actions/runs/20493311369
First got

./dolphin-emu: error while loading shared libraries: libLLVM.so.18.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So I ran sudo apt install llvm-18

Now I get

/usr/bin/xdg-mime: 856: qtpaths: not found
An error occurred.

Condition: icon.availableSizes().size() > 0
File: /home/runner/work/dolphin/dolphin/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Resources.cpp
Line: 53
Function: LoadNamedIcon

Ignore and continue?
Illegal instruction (core dumped)

unexploredtest · 2026-01-27T21:38:32Z

@Avasam

Condition: icon.availableSizes().size() > 0
File: /home/runner/work/dolphin/dolphin/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Resources.cpp
Line: 53
Function: LoadNamedIcon

Ignore and continue?
Illegal instruction (core dumped)

Ah I forgot to use LINUX_LOCAL_DEV, added in the latest commit. Fork my repo and use the workflow. (Ask chatgpt or something how to enable the workflow in your fork)

/usr/bin/xdg-mime: 856: qtpaths: not found

I think this indicates that you don't have qtpaths, ask chatgpt or something what package to install.

Avasam · 2026-01-28T21:01:06Z

.github/workflows/build-linux.yml

+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2


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uses: actions/checkout@v2

uses: actions/checkout@v6

Avasam · 2026-01-28T21:01:17Z

.github/workflows/build-mac.yml

+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2


Suggested change

uses: actions/checkout@v2

uses: actions/checkout@v6

Avasam · 2026-01-28T21:01:27Z

.github/workflows/build-win.yml

+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2


Suggested change

uses: actions/checkout@v2

uses: actions/checkout@v6

Avasam · 2026-01-28T21:03:06Z

.github/workflows/build-linux.yml

+          sudo apt install libevdev-dev
+          sudo apt install build-essential
+          sudo apt install cmake
+          sudo apt install git


git is necessarily already installed on GitHub runners

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sudo apt install git

Avasam · 2026-01-28T21:10:56Z

.github/workflows/build-linux.yml

+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
+          sudo apt install libxi-dev


These apt install should be a single command (you can spit to multiple lines for readability with \ in bash iirc). So you get atomic dependency resolution, fewer downloads+unpack passes, and more comprehensive errors on failures.

Avasam · 2026-01-28T21:13:53Z

.github/workflows/build-linux.yml

+          sudo apt install libxi-dev
+          sudo apt install libxrandr-dev
+          sudo apt install libxinerama-dev


Duplicate entries

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sudo apt install libxi-dev

sudo apt install libxrandr-dev

sudo apt install libxinerama-dev

Avasam · 2026-01-28T21:14:23Z

.github/workflows/build-linux.yml

+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
+          sudo apt install libxi-dev


duplicated below

Suggested change

sudo apt install libxi-dev

Avasam · 2026-01-28T21:15:09Z

.github/workflows/build-linux.yml

+          tar -czf dolphin_linux.tar.gz Binaries/
+
+      - name: Upload Build
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4


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uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4

uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6

Avasam · 2026-01-28T21:15:47Z

.github/workflows/build-mac.yml

+          tar -czf dolphin_mac.tar.gz Binaries/
+
+      - name: Upload Build
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4


Suggested change

uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4

uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6

Avasam · 2026-01-28T21:15:58Z

.github/workflows/build-win.yml

+          ls
+
+      - name: Upload Build
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4


Suggested change

uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4

uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6

Avasam · 2026-01-28T21:17:38Z

.github/workflows/build-mac.yml

+        run: |
+          cd build
+          make -j$(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
+          tar -czf dolphin_mac.tar.gz Binaries/


actions/upload-artifact will zip any non-zip files, it won,t upload a file directly as an artefact. So you you end up with a double archived.

You can either make this step produce a zip. Or skip the step and point actions/upload-artifact to this folder instead.

(this comment applies to all workflows)

unexploredtest added 6 commits December 24, 2025 19:16

Add build ci workflows

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Scripting: Change the method name Gui::DrawText to Gui::DrawText2

55a01da

CMake: Make windows use the external python

2a64b38

Workflows: Remove Python setup for Windows

d0fa4b5

Workflow: Change the condition on which the workflows trigger

3706c95

Remove unnecessary comment

09b4d3a

Linux Workflow: Add argument to make dolphin portable

ee104fc

Avasam reviewed Jan 28, 2026

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	sudo apt install libxi-dev
	sudo apt install libxrandr-dev
	sudo apt install libxinerama-dev

	uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
	uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6

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