How To Install wpewebkit-driver 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 wpewebkit-driver on Ubuntu.
What is wpewebkit-driver
wpewebkit-driver is:
WebKit is a modern web engine that is able to display content such as HTML, SVG, XML, and others. It also supports DOM, XMLHttpRequest, XSLT, CSS, JavaScript/ECMAScript and more.
WPE WebKit is a WebKit port optimized for embedded devices and, unlike the GTK port, it does not depend on any particular UI toolkit and can be adapted to different use cases. It is designed with hardware acceleration in mind, leveraging common 3D graphics APIs for best performance.
This package provides the WebDriver service implementation.
There are three methods to install wpewebkit-driver 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 wpewebkit-driver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wpewebkit-driver using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wpewebkit-driver
Install wpewebkit-driver Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wpewebkit-driver using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wpewebkit-driver
Install wpewebkit-driver 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 wpewebkit-driver using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wpewebkit-driver
How To Uninstall wpewebkit-driver on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wpewebkit-driver package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wpewebkit-driver
Uninstall wpewebkit-driver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wpewebkit-driver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wpewebkit-driver
Remove wpewebkit-driver Configurations and Data
To remove wpewebkit-driver configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wpewebkit-driver
Remove wpewebkit-driver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wpewebkit-driver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wpewebkit-driver
Dependencies
wpewebkit-driver have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wpewebkit-driver package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.