How To Install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 on Ubuntu.
What is libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 is:
WebKit is a web content engine, derived from KHTML and KJS from KDE, and used primarily in Apple’s Safari browser. It is made to be embedded in other applications, such as mail readers, or web browsers.
It is able to display content such as HTML, SVG, XML, and others. It also supports DOM, XMLHttpRequest, XSLT, CSS, JavaScript/ECMAScript and more.
WebKitGTK is a WebKit port designed to be used in GTK applications, and this build provides version 4.0 of the API.
This package contains the shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
Install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
Install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
How To Uninstall libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
Uninstall libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
Remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 Configurations and Data
To remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
Remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
Dependencies
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 have the following dependencies:
- libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
- bubblewrap
- xdg-dbus-proxy
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libegl1
- libenchant-2-2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgcc-s1
- libgcrypt20
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libglx0
- libgstreamer-gl1.0-0
- libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libharfbuzz-icu0
- libharfbuzz0b
- libhyphen0
- libicu70
- libjpeg8
- liblcms2-2
- libmanette-0.2-0
- libnotify4
- libopengl0
- libopenjp2-7
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpng16-16
- libseccomp2
- libsecret-1-0
- libsoup2.4-1
- libsqlite3-0
- libstdc++6
- libsystemd0
- libtasn1-6
- libwayland-client0
- libwayland-egl1
- libwayland-server0
- libwebp7
- libwebpdemux2
- libwoff1
- libx11-6
- libxcomposite1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.