Under latest Ubuntu, it simply doesn't work:
:~/Downloads/jav-it_v1.7.14_linux$ ./jav-it_gui.sh
Jav-It v1.7.14 Copyright (c) 2020 (https://jav-it.itch.io/jav-it)
*** This is REGISTERED software. With your support, you are encouraging the
*** author to continue to develop this tool and new functionality! THANK YOU!
2025/07/29 19:03:18 [INFO] Now initializing...
2025/07/29 19:03:18 [FAIL] Could not start simulation engine: could not start browser instance simulation: could not send message: cou
ld not send message to server:
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Host system is missing a few dependencies to run browsers. ║
║ Please install them with the following command: ║
║ ║
║ sudo npx playwright install-deps ║
║ ║
║ <3 Playwright Team ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
2025/07/29 19:03:18 [INFO] Failure to start may be an indication that antivirus software is running. (disable it?)
2025/07/29 19:03:18 [INFO] Attempting automatic repair of simulation engine...
Downloading Playwright build of firefox v1319 - 75.5 Mb [====================] 100% 0.0s
Downloading Playwright build of chromium v978106 - 130.7 Mb [====================] 100% 0.0s
Downloading Playwright build of ffmpeg v1007 - 2.6 Mb [====================] 100% 0.0s
2025/07/29 19:03:46 [FAIL] Could not start simulation engine: could not start browser instance simulation: could not send message: cou
ld not send message to server:
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Host system is missing a few dependencies to run browsers. ║
║ Please install them with the following command: ║
║ ║
║ sudo npx playwright install-deps ║
║ ║
║ <3 Playwright Team ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
2025/07/29 19:03:46 [INFO] Failure to start may be an indication that antivirus software is running. (disable it?)
2025/07/29 19:03:46 [INFO] Attempting automatic repair of simulation engine...
Downloading Playwright build of firefox v1319 - 75.5 Mb [====================] 100% 0.0s
Downloading Playwright build of chromium v978106 - 130.7 Mb [====================] 100% 0.0s
Downloading Playwright build of ffmpeg v1007 - 2.6 Mb [====================] 100% 0.0s
panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x48 pc=0x7d512d]
goroutine 1 [running]:
rscraper/spider.(*Instance).NewContext(0xc0019fccc0, {0xc00022e420, 0x24}, 0x5dc, 0x3e8, 0x0) rscraper/spider/spider.go:261 +0x1ed
rscraper/translator/google.(*GoogleEngineType).newService(0xc0019fccc0) rscraper/translator/google/google.go:57 +0x17a
rscraper/translator/google.(*GoogleEngineType).Initialize(0xc0019fccc0) rscraper/translator/google/google.go:51 +0x68
rscraper/scraper.InitializeTranslator() rscraper/scraper/gtrans.go:36 +0x45
main.main() jav-it/rscraper/main.go:461 +0x4b0
Again and again and again... each time is launched