How To Install webkit2gtk3-jsc on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install webkit2gtk3-jsc on CentOS 8.
What is webkit2gtk3-jsc
This package contains JavaScript engine from webkit2gtk3. webkit2gtk3-jsc 2.30.4 1.el8 x86_64 6.0 M webkit2gtk3-2.30.4-1.el8.src.rpm appstream JavaScript engine from webkit2gtk3 http LGPLv2 This package contains JavaScript engine from webkit2gtk3.
We can use yum or dnf to install webkit2gtk3-jsc on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install webkit2gtk3-jsc.
Install webkit2gtk3-jsc 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-jsc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install webkit2gtk3-jsc
Install webkit2gtk3-jsc 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-jsc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install webkit2gtk3-jsc
How To Uninstall webkit2gtk3-jsc on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the webkit2gtk3-jsc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/450c278efb785346fcefbbf20861c69706d7d4
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/JavaScriptCore-4.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0.so.18
/usr/lib64/libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0.so.18.17.12
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3-jsc
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3-jsc/Source.JavaScriptCore.COPYING.LIB
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/fd47b22128322e89a9457ab059ccdc9ada4b0a
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/JavaScriptCore-4.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0.so.18
/usr/lib/libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0.so.18.17.12
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3-jsc
/usr/share/licenses/webkit2gtk3-jsc/Source.JavaScriptCore.COPYING.LIB
References
- [webkit2gtk3-jsc website](http://www.webkitgtk.org/ http://www.webkitgtk.org/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install webkit2gtk3-jsc on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.