How To Install webkit2gtk3 on CentOS 8

webkit2gtk3 is GTK Web content engine library GTK Web content engine library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install webkit2gtk3 on CentOS 8.

What is webkit2gtk3

WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform. This package contains WebKit2 based WebKitGTK for GTK 3. webkit2gtk3 2.30.4 1.el8 x86_64 16 M webkit2gtk3-2.30.4-1.el8.src.rpm appstream GTK Web content engine library http LGPLv2 WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform. This package contains WebKit2 based WebKitGTK for GTK 3.

We can use yum or dnf to install webkit2gtk3 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install webkit2gtk3.

Install webkit2gtk3 on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install webkit2gtk3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install webkit2gtk3

Install webkit2gtk3 on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install webkit2gtk3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install webkit2gtk3

How To Uninstall webkit2gtk3 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the webkit2gtk3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove webkit2gtk3

webkit2gtk3 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/WebKitWebDriver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/8c9ca9509a3f0db4102fda7005b6e44334008e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/db55fc990931f6f3c4135273c51466bd6fc13a
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/d8c51d0ce4a50c47aba51ab5f6e6279fdcb1cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/a8a62f664a9a8f69e541abc33ecf279a97cfe0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/2ca253a4aa860a6f37a1b852f89921674c06ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/040a8bbb6df9c90f42ad35544c33bfc3b1582f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/945084e3b3cc96645180584d38fdd745b5148f
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/WebKit2-4.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/WebKit2WebExtension-4.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37
/usr/lib/libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37.49.8
/usr/lib/webkit2gtk-4.0
/usr/lib/webkit2gtk-4.0/injected-bundle
/usr/lib/webkit2gtk-4.0/injected-bundle/libwebkit2gtkinjectedbundle.so
/usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.0
/usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.0/WebKitNetworkProcess
/usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.0/WebKitWebProcess
/usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.0/jsc
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.ThirdParty.ANGLE.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.ThirdParty.ANGLE.src.common.third_party.smhasher.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.ThirdParty.ANGLE.src.third_party.compiler.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.ThirdParty.ANGLE.src.third_party.libXNVCtrl.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WTF.icu.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WTF.wtf.dtoa.COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WTF.wtf.dtoa.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WebCore.LICENSE-APPLE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WebCore.LICENSE-LGPL-2
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WebCore.LICENSE-LGPL-2.1
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WebInspectorUI.UserInterface.External.CodeMirror.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WebInspectorUI.UserInterface.External.Esprima.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WebInspectorUI.UserInterface.External.three.js.LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/bin/WebKitWebDriver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/54378a66c7d26826baa3ea19104fc30df70e9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/5d595342de6ed1cd63101fbc7b252b2c0f9bf2
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/444275364cc1508daf27024e0f43aac3ee6654
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/3ea5dc40b8a96236c214ac0421ccc6b7a74f17
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/0e2301cb131e826947d4e6ae78d0edf63dea7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/8347ca522c793fcaf59fb6ff789ce3648f8661
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/2a690ab80290514b278fe104055b633969028d
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/WebKit2-4.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/WebKit2WebExtension-4.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37
/usr/lib64/libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37.49.8
/usr/lib64/webkit2gtk-4.0
/usr/lib64/webkit2gtk-4.0/injected-bundle
/usr/lib64/webkit2gtk-4.0/injected-bundle/libwebkit2gtkinjectedbundle.so
/usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.0
/usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.0/WebKitNetworkProcess
/usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.0/WebKitWebProcess
/usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.0/jsc
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.ThirdParty.ANGLE.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.ThirdParty.ANGLE.src.common.third_party.smhasher.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.ThirdParty.ANGLE.src.third_party.compiler.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.ThirdParty.ANGLE.src.third_party.libXNVCtrl.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WTF.icu.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WTF.wtf.dtoa.COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WTF.wtf.dtoa.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WebCore.LICENSE-APPLE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WebCore.LICENSE-LGPL-2
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WebCore.LICENSE-LGPL-2.1
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WebInspectorUI.UserInterface.External.CodeMirror.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WebInspectorUI.UserInterface.External.Esprima.LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3/Source.WebInspectorUI.UserInterface.External.three.js.LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/WebKit2GTK-4.0.mo

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install webkit2gtk3 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.