[Desktop-lite]- libasound2 not installing in noble - issue (#973)

* [Desktop-lite]- libasound2 not installing in noble - issue

* bump to patch version in Desktop-lite feature

* misc change

* Changes for comments ( review comments )

* changes based on review comments..

src/desktop-lite/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "desktop-lite",
-    "version": "1.0.8",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "name": "Light-weight Desktop",
     "documentationURL": "https://github.com/devcontainers/features/tree/main/src/desktop-lite",
     "description": "Adds a lightweight Fluxbox based desktop to the container that can be accessed using a VNC viewer or the web. GUI-based commands executed from the built-in VS code terminal will open on the desktop automatically.",

src/desktop-lite/install.sh

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ package_list="
     libnotify4 \
     libnss3 \
     libxss1 \
-    libasound2 \
     xfonts-base \
     xfonts-terminus \
     fonts-noto \
@@ -198,6 +197,16 @@ fi
 # Install X11, fluxbox and VS Code dependencies
 check_packages ${package_list}
 
+# if Ubuntu-24.04, noble(numbat) found, then will install libasound2-dev instead of libasound2.
+# this change is temporary, https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/libasound2 will switch to libasound2 once it is available for Ubuntu-24.04, noble(numbat)
+. /etc/os-release
+if [ "${ID}" = "ubuntu" ] && [ "${VERSION_CODENAME}" = "noble" ]; then
+    echo "Ubuntu 24.04, Noble(Numbat) detected. Installing libasound2-dev package..."
+    check_packages "libasound2-dev"
+else 
+    check_packages "libasound2"
+fi
+
 # On newer versions of Ubuntu (22.04), 
 # we need an additional package that isn't provided in earlier versions
 if ! type vncpasswd > /dev/null 2>&1; then

test/desktop-lite/test.sh

@@ -5,9 +5,39 @@ set -e
 # Optional: Import test library
 source dev-container-features-test-lib
 
+echoStderr()
+{
+    echo "$@" 1>&2
+}
+
+checkOSPackage() {
+    LABEL=$1
+    PACKAGE_NAME=$2
+    echo -e "\n🧪 Testing $LABEL"
+    # Check if the package exists and retrieve its exact version
+    if [ "$(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' "$PACKAGE_NAME" 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed")" -eq 1 ]; then
+        echo "✅  Package '$PACKAGE_NAME' is installed."
+        exit 0
+    else
+        echo "❌ Package '$PACKAGE_NAME' is not installed."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
 check "desktop-init-exists" bash -c "ls /usr/local/share/desktop-init.sh"
 check "log-exists" bash -c "ls /tmp/container-init.log"
 check "fluxbox-exists" bash -c "ls -la ~/.fluxbox"
 
+. /etc/os-release
+if [ "${ID}" = "ubuntu" ]; then
+    if [ "${VERSION_CODENAME}" = "noble" ]; then
+        checkOSPackage "if libasound2-dev exists !" "libasound2-dev"
+    else 
+        checkOSPackage "if libasound2 exists !" "libasound2"
+    fi
+else 
+    checkOSPackage "if libasound2 exists !" "libasound2"
+fi
+
 # Report result
 reportResults
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