wiki:BuildingGtk

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Building the GTK+ port

The GTK+ port of WebKit is intended to provide a browser component primarily for users of the portable Gtk+ UI toolkit on platforms like Linux.

Status of the port

The port is actively maintained, and its build state is continuously tested by the WebKit build-bot.

Developers interested in using or contributing to the GTK+ port should be willing to get their hands dirty at this stage. Patches are welcomed on the bug tracker and help is readily available on the IRC channel and mailing list for developers who want to learn the ropes.

It is worth noting that this project is being developed directly in WebKit SVN and is entirely unrelated to the classic Gtk+ WebCore.

Distributions

The WebKit/GTK+ API follows a stable additions-only policy. The core engine is continually being stabilised and is suitable for most embedding tasks. Distributors should get in touch with the upstream maintainers to be sure they're packaging the correct version.

Debian

Debian Unstable provides experimental WebKit/GTK+ packages by Mike Hommey.

Debian has organised a packaging team for WebKit:

Gentoo

Gentoo have an ebuild for WebkitGTK in testing: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190347. You will have to add the testing keyword to your '/etc/portage/package.keywords' file in order to install the package.

# echo 'net-libs/webkit-gtk ~arch' >> /etc/portage/package.keywords

Please remember to change ~arch to the architecture you're using (~x86, ~amd64). The GTK+ port of WebKit is named webkit-gtk. I would invite you to look at the USE flags of the ebuild and add it to the packages.use file depending of your preferences. You can now emerge it normally:

# emerge -va webkit-gtk

You can then regularly update to the latest reviewed revision, which usually belongs to a new nightly build:

# emerge -u webkit-gtk

Lunar-Linux

Lunar provides an experimental/development module for WebKit/GTK+. It can be found in the moonbase in the experimental (zbeta) section under the name 'WebKit.'

Mac OS X

The code on Mac OS X should built like any Linux distribution but there are some packages you need to install (in addition to an "ordinary build environment" that includes XCode Tools 2.3 or newer):

Dependencies

The code should be easily built on any Linux distribution which has development packages for GTK+ installed. Packages you might need to install (in addition to an "ordinary build environment"):

  • libicu-dev
  • libxslt-dev
  • libcurl-dev
  • libsqlite3-dev
  • libjpeg62-dev
  • libpng12-dev
  • gperf
  • bison
  • flex version 2.5.33 or later
  • libsoup 2.25.4 or later (not 2.4)

Build and Install

The GTK+ port can now be built using autotools (autoconf, automake, libtool). To build the GTK+ port just issue the following commands:

$ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/path/to/install/directory 
$ make

This will build a demo browser that uses the GTK+ port in the Programs/ directory which you can run using the following command:

$ ./Programs/GtkLauncher

To install the WebKit GTK+ library, simply issue

$ make install 

The configure script also supports the different features WebKit/GTK+ provide (e.g., SVG filters and animation features, HTML5 Video element support, etc..). Simply issuing

$ ./configure --help

on the command-line should give you a brief overview of what can be configured. Although you can build with these features enabled, it doesn't mean that the functionality is complete, let alone working properly. Feel free to submit a bug at http://bugs.webkit.org if you find something that is not working.

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