How To Install webkit2gtk3 on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install webkit2gtk3 in AlmaLinux 8. webkit2gtk3 is GTK Web content engine library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install webkit2gtk3 on AlmaLinux 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.

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

Install webkit2gtk3 on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install webkit2gtk3

Install webkit2gtk3 on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove webkit2gtk3

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Summary

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