How To Install libwpewebkit-1.0-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwpewebkit-1.0-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libwpewebkit-1.0-dev
libwpewebkit-1.0-dev is:
WebKit is a modern web engine that is able to display content such as HTML, SVG, XML, and others. It also supports DOM, XMLHttpRequest, XSLT, CSS, JavaScript/ECMAScript and more.
WPE WebKit is a WebKit port optimized for embedded devices and, unlike the GTK port, it does not depend on any particular UI toolkit and can be adapted to different use cases. It is designed with hardware acceleration in mind, leveraging common 3D graphics APIs for best performance.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libwpewebkit-1.0-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwpewebkit-1.0-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libwpewebkit-1.0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwpewebkit-1.0-devInstall libwpewebkit-1.0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libwpewebkit-1.0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwpewebkit-1.0-devInstall libwpewebkit-1.0-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libwpewebkit-1.0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwpewebkit-1.0-devHow To Uninstall libwpewebkit-1.0-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libwpewebkit-1.0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwpewebkit-1.0-devUninstall libwpewebkit-1.0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwpewebkit-1.0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwpewebkit-1.0-devRemove libwpewebkit-1.0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwpewebkit-1.0-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwpewebkit-1.0-devRemove libwpewebkit-1.0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwpewebkit-1.0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwpewebkit-1.0-devDependencies
libwpewebkit-1.0-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwpewebkit-1.0-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.