How To Install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev 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 4.1 of the API.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-4.1-dev 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-4.1-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
Install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
Install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev 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-4.1-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
How To Uninstall libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
Uninstall libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
Remove libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
Remove libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.