WOW. Unity Linux is improving FAST.

I was trying to do a WebGL build on Arch Linux (I know.. not supported, but why not?), which first required some weird libraries. Did a bit of Googling and I got it running.

Then I hit this:

Failed running python "/home/dr_bracket/Unity/Hub/Editor/2020.2.0b8/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/WebGLSupport/BuildTools/Brotli/python/bro.py" -o "/home/dr_bracket/Manjijima/Temp/StagingArea/Data/Output/Build/Build.data.br.compressed" -i "/home/dr_bracket/Manjijima/Temp/StagingArea/Data/Output/Build/Build.data.br" --comment "UnityWeb Compressed Content (brotli)"



stdout:

stderr:Traceback (most recent call last):  File "/home/dr_bracket/Unity/Hub/Editor/2020.2.0b8/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/WebGLSupport/BuildTools/Brotli/python/bro.py", line 8, in <module>    import brotli  File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module  File "/home/dr_bracket/Unity/Hub/Editor/2020.2.0b8/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/WebGLSupport/BuildTools/Brotli/dist/Brotli-0.4.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/brotli.py", line 7, in <module>  File "/home/dr_bracket/Unity/Hub/Editor/2020.2.0b8/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/WebGLSupport/BuildTools/Brotli/dist/Brotli-0.4.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/brotli.py", line 6, in __bootstrap__  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/imp.py", line 342, in load_dynamic    return _load(spec)ImportError: /home/dr_bracket/.cache/Python-Eggs/Brotli-0.4.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg-tmp/brotli.so: undefined symbol: Py_InitModule4_64

UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent (int,intptr,bool&) (at /home/bokken/buildslave/unity/build/Modules/IMGUI/GUIUtility.cs:189)

This is in the latest beta. Looks like the error undefined symbol: Py_InitModule4_64 is a matter of where Ubuntu puts stuff vs where other distros put stuff, which really sucks.

I did some searching around and found something about passing a different linker, tried a few hacks, nothing. Then I upgraded to the latest alpha - 2021.1.0a2. Loaded up the project, let my CPU choke on all my tabs, hit build and went for a shower. I figured what do I have to lose, right?

Came back to this:


https://i.imgur.com/EczWXP7.png

I'm literally shocked. I don't think switching to an alpha version has ever worked in my favor before.