diff --git a/archivebox/plugins_pkg/playwright/apps.py b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/playwright/apps.py
index a0804023..131d8726 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugins_pkg/playwright/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/playwright/apps.py
@@ -149,14 +149,21 @@ class PlaywrightBinProvider(BaseBinProvider):
 
         # print(f'[*] {self.__class__.__name__}: Installing {bin_name}: {self.INSTALLER_BIN_ABSPATH} install {packages}')
 
-        install_args = [*self.playwright_install_args]
 
-        proc = self.exec(bin_name=self.INSTALLER_BIN_ABSPATH, cmd=[*install_args, *packages])
+        # playwright install-deps (to install system dependencies like fonts, graphics libraries, etc.)
+        if platform.system().lower() != 'darwin':
+            # libglib2.0-0, libnss3, libnspr4, libdbus-1-3, libatk1.0-0, libatk-bridge2.0-0, libcups2, libdrm2, libxcb1, libxkbcommon0, libatspi2.0-0, libx11-6, libxcomposite1, libxdamage1, libxext6, libxfixes3, libxrandr2, libgbm1, libcairo2, libasound2
+            proc = self.exec(bin_name=self.INSTALLER_BIN_ABSPATH, cmd=['install-deps'])
+            if proc.returncode != 0:
+                print(proc.stdout.strip())
+                print(proc.stderr.strip())
+
+        proc = self.exec(bin_name=self.INSTALLER_BIN_ABSPATH, cmd=['install', *packages])
 
         if proc.returncode != 0:
             print(proc.stdout.strip())
             print(proc.stderr.strip())
-            raise Exception(f"{self.__class__.__name__}: install got returncode {proc.returncode} while installing {packages}: {packages}")
+            raise Exception(f"{self.__class__.__name__}: install got returncode {proc.returncode} while installing {packages}: {packages} PACKAGES={packages}")
 
         # chrome@129.0.6668.58 /data/lib/browsers/chrome/mac_arm-129.0.6668.58/chrome-mac-arm64/Google Chrome for Testing.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome for Testing
         # playwright build v1010 downloaded to /home/squash/.cache/ms-playwright/ffmpeg-1010
@@ -168,13 +175,12 @@ class PlaywrightBinProvider(BaseBinProvider):
             and 'ffmpeg' not in line
         ]
         if output_lines:
-            relpath = output_lines[0].split(self.playwright_browsers_dir)[-1]
+            relpath = output_lines[0].split(str(self.playwright_browsers_dir))[-1]
             abspath = self.playwright_browsers_dir / relpath
             if os.path.isfile(abspath) and os.access(abspath, os.X_OK):
                 self._browser_abspaths[bin_name] = abspath
-                return abspath
         
-        return proc.stderr.strip() + "\n" + proc.stdout.strip()
+        return (proc.stderr.strip() + "\n" + proc.stdout.strip()).strip()
 
 PLAYWRIGHT_BINPROVIDER = PlaywrightBinProvider()
 
diff --git a/archivebox/plugins_pkg/puppeteer/apps.py b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/puppeteer/apps.py
index b76d1fa0..8dad3392 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugins_pkg/puppeteer/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/puppeteer/apps.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class PuppeteerBinProvider(BaseBinProvider):
             return sorted(self.puppeteer_browsers_dir.glob(f'{browser_name}/mac*/chrome*/Google Chrome for Testing.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome for Testing'))
 
         # /data/lib/browsers/chrome/linux-131.0.6730.0/chrome-linux64/chrome
+        # /data/lib/aarch64-linux/browsers/chrome/linux-129.0.6668.100/chrome-linux64/chrome
         return sorted(self.puppeteer_browsers_dir.glob(f"{browser_name}/linux*/chrome*/chrome"))
 
     def default_abspath_handler(self, bin_name: BinName, **context) -> Optional[HostBinPath]:
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ class PuppeteerBinProvider(BaseBinProvider):
         if matching_bins:
             newest_bin = matching_bins[-1]  # already sorted alphabetically, last should theoretically be highest version number
             self._browser_abspaths[bin_name] = newest_bin
-            return self._browser_abspaths[bin_name]
+            return newest_bin
         
         return None
 
@@ -129,8 +130,9 @@ class PuppeteerBinProvider(BaseBinProvider):
             print(proc.stderr.strip())
             raise Exception(f"{self.__class__.__name__}: install got returncode {proc.returncode} while installing {packages}: {packages}")
 
-        # to proceed? (y) chrome@129.0.6668.91 /tmp/test3/lib/x86_64-linux/browsers/chrome/linux-129.0.6668.91/chrome-linux64/chrome
+        # chrome@129.0.6668.91 /tmp/test3/lib/x86_64-linux/browsers/chrome/linux-129.0.6668.91/chrome-linux64/chrome
         # chrome@129.0.6668.58 /data/lib/browsers/chrome/mac_arm-129.0.6668.58/chrome-mac-arm64/Google Chrome for Testing.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome for Testing
+        # /data/lib/aarch64-linux/browsers/chrome/linux-129.0.6668.100/chrome-linux64/chrome
         relpath = proc.stdout.strip().split(str(self.puppeteer_browsers_dir))[-1].split('\n', 1)[0]
         abspath = self.puppeteer_browsers_dir / relpath
         
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ class PuppeteerBinProvider(BaseBinProvider):
             self._browser_abspaths[bin_name] = abspath
             return abspath
 
-        return proc.stderr.strip() + "\n" + proc.stdout.strip()
+        return (proc.stderr.strip() + "\n" + proc.stdout.strip()).strip()
 
 PUPPETEER_BINPROVIDER = PuppeteerBinProvider()
 
diff --git a/archivebox/vendor/pydantic-pkgr b/archivebox/vendor/pydantic-pkgr
index ad3c0ca4..59ec8156 160000
--- a/archivebox/vendor/pydantic-pkgr
+++ b/archivebox/vendor/pydantic-pkgr
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ad3c0ca457951d4d0852b46020fc6365b75e5065
+Subproject commit 59ec81566120f8c0c86a6a35b4be91c25d43096d