How To Install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc 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.
WebKit2 is an API layer for WebKit designed from the ground up to support a split process model, where the web content lives in a separate process from the application UI.
This build comes from the GTK port of WebKit (API version 4.0).
This package contains the documentation.
Package: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc Architecture: all Version: 2.28.1-1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: extra Section: doc 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: 9012 Suggests: devhelp Filename: pool/main/w/webkit2gtk/libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc_2.28.1-1_all.deb Size: 383236 MD5sum: cd24c31de221cbe5faab1671dfc59145 SHA1: a306c00a6446343716052f6268a2eb18a2b1b8b9 SHA256: 49b4c851c4654702cc32807e8fb648b2a36cc3a243e450dcc0f121b7d22d49c3 Homepage: https://webkitgtk.org/ Description-en: Web content engine library for GTK - documentation 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.
WebKit2 is an API layer for WebKit designed from the ground up to support a split process model, where the web content lives in a separate process from the application UI.
This build comes from the GTK port of WebKit (API version 4.0).
This package contains the documentation.
There are three methods to install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc
Install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc
Install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc
How To Uninstall libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc
Uninstall libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc 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-doc
Remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc
Remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.