How To Install libwebkitgtk-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebkitgtk-dev
on Debian 9.
What is libwebkitgtk-dev
libwebkitgtk-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.
This build comes from the GTK+ port of WebKit (API version 1.0).
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libwebkitgtk-dev
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwebkitgtk-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 libwebkitgtk-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebkitgtk-dev
Install libwebkitgtk-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebkitgtk-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebkitgtk-dev
Install libwebkitgtk-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebkitgtk-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebkitgtk-dev
How To Uninstall libwebkitgtk-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libwebkitgtk-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebkitgtk-dev
Uninstall libwebkitgtk-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebkitgtk-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebkitgtk-dev
Remove libwebkitgtk-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwebkitgtk-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebkitgtk-dev
Remove libwebkitgtk-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebkitgtk-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebkitgtk-dev
Dependencies
libwebkitgtk-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebkitgtk-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.