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The resolves needing system installs of clang, ninja, and cmake in order to build Wiicompiled. The appimage now contains them.

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This will allow users on immutable distros to more easily build Wiicompiled.

For the most part, everything is still compiled on the users system (SDL, aurora, etc) so those could (and often do) have their own development dependencies (headers) needed. To be determined as to what needs to be manually installed on users system still or if we need to supply suitable headers in the appimage for those as well.

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  • New Features
    • Linux installation now supports custom C/C++ compiler, linker, CMake, and Ninja paths.
    • Added optional linker selection for native builds.
    • AppImage packages now include architecture-specific compiler and build tools, reducing external setup requirements.
    • Added automated preparation and validation of portable build toolchains for supported Linux architectures.
  • Documentation
    • Updated Linux installation help text with the new toolchain options.
  • Chores
    • Native build artifacts are now excluded from version control.

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The Linux setup accepts optional compiler, linker, CMake, and Ninja paths. AppImage builds package architecture-specific versions of these tools and pass them through the setup flow. Native builds apply the optional linker override. Native build output is ignored.

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Portable Linux toolchain

Layer / File(s) Summary
Prepare the portable toolchain
Launcher/prepare-portable-tools.sh, .gitignore
The new script downloads verified LLVM, CMake, and Ninja archives, stages the required files, runs direct and CMake/Ninja smoke tests, writes license data, and installs the toolchain. Native build output is ignored.
Integrate toolchain into AppImage
Launcher/build-appimage.sh
The AppImage build stages the architecture-specific toolchain under usr/toolchain. AppRun passes the bundled compiler, linker, CMake, and Ninja paths to the setup process.
Forward and apply build tool options
Launcher/WiiCompiled.Setup.Linux/Program.cs, Launcher/WiiCompiled.Setup.Linux/BuildRunner.cs, Launcher/local-build.sh
The Linux setup forwards optional tool paths to local-build.sh. The native CMake configuration applies --fuse-ld when provided and preserves the existing defaults otherwise.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 3def8

Portable builds may still fail on systems without compatible libstdc++ headers and libraries because the bundled libc++ is not selected. This is a concrete build-readiness issue that should be addressed before merging.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant buildAppImage as build-appimage.sh
  participant prepareTools as prepare-portable-tools.sh
  participant appRun as AppRun
  participant installAsync as InstallAsync
  participant buildRunner as BuildRunner.RunAsync
  participant localBuild as local-build.sh
  buildAppImage->>prepareTools: Prepare architecture-specific toolchain
  prepareTools-->>buildAppImage: Return staged compiler and build tools
  appRun->>installAsync: Pass bundled tool paths
  installAsync->>buildRunner: Pass compiler, linker, CMake, and Ninja options
  buildRunner->>localBuild: Forward build options
  localBuild->>localBuild: Apply optional linker flags to CMake
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In `@Launcher/local-build.sh`:
- Line 358: Update the compiler configuration in local-build.sh to pass the
libc++ selection flag when invoking clang++, and verify that the staged libc++
include and library paths from prepare-portable-tools.sh are supplied to the
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