2 files changed, 66 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/linux.rs b/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/linux.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6d37f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/linux.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Linux specific code
+
+use std::process::Command;
+use regex::Regex;
+
+pub fn check_glibc_v() -> f32 {
+    let out = Command::new("/bin/ldd")
+        .arg("--version")
+        .output()
+        .expect("failed to run 'ldd --version'");
+    
+    // parse the output down to just the first line
+    let lddva = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout);
+    let lddvl: Vec<&str> = lddva.split('\n').collect();
+    let lddvlo = &lddvl[0];
+    let reg = Regex::new(r"(2.\d{2}$)").unwrap();
+    for caps in reg.captures_iter(lddvlo) {
+        return caps.get(1).unwrap().as_str().parse::<f32>().unwrap(); // theres prolly a better way ijdk how tho
+    }
+    return 0.0; // this shouldnt ever be reached but it has to be here
+}
+
+/*
+Outputs of ldd --verssion from distros, all we care about is the first line so trimmed, also removed all duplicates
+Thanks tony
+Distros not included: AmazonLinux, Gentoo, Kali, Debian before 11, Oracle Linux, Scientific Linux, Slackware, Mageia, Neurodebian, RHEL 8 and 9 (Same as AlmaLinux), RockyLinux (Same as AlmaLinux), Ubuntu before 20.04
+
+AlmaLinux 8
+ldd (GNU libc) 2.35
+
+Centos Stream 8
+ldd (GNU libc) 2.28
+
+Centos Stream 9
+ldd (GNU libc) 2.34
+
+Centos 7
+ldd (GNU libc) 2.17
+
+Debian 11
+ldd (Debian GLIBC 2.31-13+deb11u4) 2.31
+
+Debian Testing
+ldd (Debian GLIBC 2.35-1) 2.35
+
+Debian Unstable
+ldd (Debian GLIBC 2.35-3) 2.35
+
+Fedora 37
+ldd (GNU libc) 2.36
+
+Opensuse Leap
+ldd (GNU libc) 2.31
+
+Ubuntu 20.04
+ldd (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.31-0ubuntu9.9) 2.31
+
+Ubuntu 22.04
+ldd (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.35-0ubuntu3.1) 2.35
+
+Ubuntu 22.10
+ldd (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.36-0ubuntu2) 2.36
+*/
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/mod.rs b/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/mod.rs
index 581af77f..21cac9c2 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/mod.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 pub mod windows;
+
+pub mod linux;
+