[Bug]: Installation fails on Ubuntu 24 with Python 3.12.3

[emilienbev]

Describe the bug

Issue

Playwright's installation fails on Ubuntu 24 due to missing packages, which are actually because upgraded ones are installed on the system.

E: Unable to locate package libicu70
E: Unable to locate package libffi7
E: Unable to locate package libx264-163
Failed to install browser dependencies
Error: Installation process exited with code: 100
Playwright Host validation warning: 
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Host system is missing dependencies to run browsers. ║
║ Missing libraries:                                   ║
║     libicudata.so.70                                 ║
║     libicui18n.so.70                                 ║
║     libicuuc.so.70                                   ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

The issue is already documented here microsoft/playwright#30368 and the compatible version of Playwright is 1.48.0.

Additionally, main.py exits if an unsupported version of python is installed (specifically if major < 3 and minor not in [10, 11]), however it should also add the new Python 3.12.X versions to the mix as well.

Reproduction Steps

Run the installation steps on Ubuntu 24 LTS.

Expected behavior

Playwright's installation should succeed, and running main.py should not exit if the installed python version is superior to 3.11.X.

Screenshots

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System Information

Operating System : Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
Python version : Python 3.12.3
App version / Branch : master

Checklist

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Additional Context

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[JasonLovesDoggo]

Will be fixed after #2180 gets rebased