how to upgrade bwrap for codex on debian 12 bookworm

If you get this error when using codex on debian 12 bookworm, this post is for you.

I’m currently blocked from editing your repo: every shell/tool call fails with:
bwrap: Unknown option --argv0

The --argv0 parameter requires requires bubblewrap 0.9.0+, debian 12 bookworm has 0.8.0-2. To fix this issue, you can upgrade bwrap on your host.

Clone the source code from https://github.com/containers/bubblewrap

Install some dependencies

sudo apt instal -t bookworm-backports meson
sudo apt install libcap-dev ninja-build

Get the code and build it

git clone https://github.com/containers/bubblewrap
cd bubblewrap
meson build
cd build
ninja
sudo ninja install

Confirm bwrap is installed

which bwrap
#/usr/local/bin/bwrap
bwrap --version
#bubblewrap 0.11.1

Now the problem is codex only use /usr/bin/bwrap, so you have to copy it to that path.

sudo cp /usr/bin/bwrap /usr/bin/bwrap.old
sudo cp /usr/local/bin/bwrap /usr/bin/bwrap
ldd /usr/bin/bwrap

Now restart codex, bwrap should work now. Happy coding.