How To Install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 is:
This is a transitional dummy package, it can be safely removed.
Support for NPAPI plugins has been completely removed from WebKitGTK.
Package: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 Architecture: all Version: 2.28.1-1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: webkit2gtk Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian WebKit Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 225 Suggests: browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash Filename: pool/universe/w/webkit2gtk/libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2_2.28.1-1_all.deb Size: 30220 MD5sum: 9202fbeb6ea0f1a7add36ddc40414096 SHA1: fa7c7530a66fd4d132b7cb5361e1bd98c01f9ac6 SHA256: f8bfc390a7289d4efb545336ea5bfc71d128998c5aa15c7b7ad5abe23a07a774 Homepage: https://webkitgtk.org/ Description-en: Transitional dummy package This is a transitional dummy package, it can be safely removed.
WebKitGTK no longer supports plugins that depend on GTK 2. If you still need to use the Adobe Flash Player then you can install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash.
There are three methods to install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-4.0-37-gtk2 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-4.0-37-gtk2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2
Install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2
Install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 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-4.0-37-gtk2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2
How To Uninstall libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2
Uninstall libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2
Remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 Configurations and Data
To remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2
Remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.