Package Details: webkitgtk 3:2.4.11-27

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/webkitgtk.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: webkitgtk
Description: Legacy Web content engine for GTK+ 3
Upstream URL: https://webkitgtk.org/
Licenses: custom
Conflicts: libwebkit3, webkitgtk3
Provides: libwebkit3, webkitgtk3
Replaces: libwebkit3, webkitgtk3
Submitter: City-busz
Maintainer: frealgagu
Last Packager: frealgagu
Votes: 71
Popularity: 0.99
First Submitted: 2017-06-30 07:40 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2023-08-15 19:11 (UTC)

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frealgagu commented on 2019-04-14 18:13 (UTC) (edited on 2020-12-06 03:31 (UTC) by frealgagu)

FAQ

Q: What's the difference between this package and extra/webkit2gtk?

A: webkitgtk/webkitgtk2 provides WebKit1 API/ABI, which is not compatible with WebKit2 API/ABI provided by extra/webkit2gtk. WebKitGTK+ 2.4.x is the latest branch that provides WebKit1 API. Later branches provides WebKit2 API only.

Please don't flag it as out-of-date.


Q: Are there binaries for this package somewhere?

A: I maintain the latest built package at https://github.com/frealgagu/archlinux.webkitgtk/releases


Q: "error while loading shared libraries: libicui18n.so.62: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

A: You'll need to rebuild against the latest version of ICU.


Q: "error: ‘WTF::StringImpl::StaticASCIILiteraicASCIILiteral’ has not been declared" or any enchant errors.

A: If you are building in parallel, try disabling parallel using -j1 in /etc/makepkg.conf


Q: Why building takes too long time?

A: WebKit is inherently big and complex. You can modify /etc/makepkg.conf or PKGBUILD directly to build it in parallel.

  • Change "make all stamp-po" by "make -j x all stamp-po" in PKGBUILD replacing x by cores your machine has. (Thanks to @MadMe)

  • Change /etc/makepkg.conf in that way: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/makepkg#Parallel_compilation under # ARCHITECTURE, COMPILE FLAGS use MAKEFLAGS="-j9" # It should be one more than your virtual CPUs. (Thanks to @tuxsavvy).

However be pending if errors occur as mentioned in previous question.


Q: How much I want to wait to a successful compilation?

A: It varies of your PC's processor and RAM, the times shared in the comments are as follow:

  • 3.5 hours to build on core i5 laptop with 8G of RAM, makeflags j4. (@cabbage)

  • 13.5 hours to build on AMD Athlon X2, makeflags j1 (@Bonnietwin).

  • 5-6 hours on Core2Duo E8400 with 8GB RAM, makeflags j2 (tuxsavvy).

  • 50 minutes on 6c/12t 3.3GHz (@kubrick).

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metscoin commented on 2017-12-07 00:53 (UTC)

Here's a patch requested by @Schmeidenbacher until the maintainer can get to it. You'll have to add it to the PKGBUILD w/ checksum as appropriate.

https://pastebin.com/3Z65cC7R

Schmeidenbacher commented on 2017-12-04 17:02 (UTC)

I also have to request a patch, or change of the PKGBUILD as mentioned by remyoudompheng. Since the update to enchant 2.x this package will not build without the mentioned change.

remyoudompheng's change results in a working build which at least works with the gnucash package which is still dependent on this package here. Thank you.

<deleted-account> commented on 2017-11-25 17:04 (UTC)

I have a question: How different is this package from the official `webkit2gtk` from the repository `extra`? I'm compiling it for a few hours now and my computer is working hard on it so I want to be sure it is absolutely necessary. I'm installing it only as a dependency for `pywebkitgtk`.

remyoudompheng commented on 2017-11-25 06:03 (UTC)

You will need a patch for enchant 2.x: I am using a sed command but it could be a proper patch as well. sed -i s,enchant_dict_free_suggestions,enchant_dict_free_string_list,g \ Source/WebCore/platform/text/enchant/TextCheckerEnchant.cpp

Scimmia commented on 2017-11-11 05:49 (UTC)

Or rather you could read the AUR wiki page and see how things work.

trustin commented on 2017-11-11 05:40 (UTC) (edited on 2017-11-11 05:54 (UTC) by trustin)

Could you add 'bison' and 'flex' to the required build-time dependencies? (Using pacaur -S webkitgtk)

kausban commented on 2017-10-27 13:03 (UTC)

Get a non descriptive compile error. Does this compile for anyone? ../webkitgtk-2.4.11/Source/WebCore/rendering/RenderMediaControls.cpp:71:1: warning: this use of "defined" may not be portable [-Wexpansion-to-defined] #if PLATFORM(WIN) && USE(CG) ^~~~~~~~~~ make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/lamdacore/abs/webkitgtk/src/build-gtk' make: *** [GNUmakefile:25837: all] Error 2

oxplot commented on 2017-10-12 00:16 (UTC)

@chawlindel libwebkitgtk-1.0.0 is missing from the package you linked. I believe the correct package is: https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2017/06/29/extra/os/x86_64/webkitgtk2-2.4.11-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz