How To Install wpewebkit-driver on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wpewebkit-driver on Kali Linux. wpewebkit-driver is WPE WebKit WebDriver support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wpewebkit-driver on Kali Linux.

What is wpewebkit-driver

wpewebkit-driver 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 provides the WebDriver service implementation.

There are three methods to install wpewebkit-driver 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 wpewebkit-driver Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wpewebkit-driver using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wpewebkit-driver

Install wpewebkit-driver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wpewebkit-driver using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wpewebkit-driver

Install wpewebkit-driver 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install wpewebkit-driver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wpewebkit-driver

How To Uninstall wpewebkit-driver on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wpewebkit-driver package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wpewebkit-driver

Uninstall wpewebkit-driver And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wpewebkit-driver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wpewebkit-driver

Remove wpewebkit-driver Configurations and Data

To remove wpewebkit-driver configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wpewebkit-driver

Remove wpewebkit-driver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wpewebkit-driver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wpewebkit-driver

Dependencies

wpewebkit-driver have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wpewebkit-driver package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.