WebKitGTK+ Dependencies

This is the list of direct dependencies of WebKitGTK+, the ones we check when building. There are also indirect dependencies as required by the direct dependencies (for example cairo requires libpixman). There's a set of required dependencies and some others are optional, but required to enabled some features (for example you need GStreamer to have audio/video support).

We have a policy regarding when its ok to bump minimum versions or introduce new dependencies. However for some of the dependencies we encourage to use a newer version, as features will be disabled at build time if you don't have a newer version.

Name	Description	Required	Minimum Version	Recommended Version	Comments
glib	Platform abstraction library	Yes	2.33.2	>= 2.42.0	TLS backend required, typically glib-networking. Recommend glib-networking >= 2.44.
cairo	2D graphics rendering	Yes	1.10.2	>= 1.14.0
fontconfig	Fonts access and configuration	Yes	2.8.0	-
freetype	Font engine	Yes	2.4.2	-
harfbuzz	Text shaping engine	Yes	0.9.2	-
icu	Unicode and internationalization support	Yes	-	-
libjpeg	JPEG library	Yes	-	-
libpng	PNG library	Yes	-	-
libwebp	WebP library	Yes	-	-
gtk+-3	GTK+ toolkit	Yes	3.6.0 (X11 target), 3.12.0 (Wayland target)	>= 3.14.0
atk	Accessibility	Yes	-	-
libxml	XML library	Yes	2.8.0	-
libxslt	XSLT library	Yes	1.1.7	-
libsoup	Networking library	Yes	2.42.0	>= 2.49.1.1
sqlite	SQLite library	Yes	-	-
gnutls	Secure communications library	No	3.0.0	>= 3.3.x	Strongly recommended. Indirectly required if you use glib-networking. Distributors should consider the license obligations
gstreamer	Multimedia library	No	1.0.3	>= 1.2.0	Required by default, use -DENABLE_VIDEO=OFF -DENABLE_WEB_AUDIO=OFF to build without GStreamer
LibX11	X11 library	No	-	-	Required by default, use -DENABLE_X11_TARGET=OFF -DENABLE_WAYLAND_TARGET=ON
OpenGL/EGL	OpenGL libraries	No	-	-
gtk+-2	GTK+ toolkit (version 2)	No	2.24.10	-	GTK+2 is currently only used by the plugin process to load GTK+2 based plugins like flash, use -DENABLE_PLUGIN_PROCESS_GTK2=OFF to disable it
geoclue	Geolocation library	No	2.1.5	-	Used automatically if found, use -DENABLE_GEOLOCATION=OFF to explicitly disable it
libnotify	Desktop notifications	No	-	-	Used automatically if found
libsecret	Passwords management	No	-	-	Used automatically if found, use -DENABLE_CREDENTIAL_STORAGE=OFF to explicitly disable it
enchant	Spellchecking library	No	-	-	Required by default, use -DENABLE_SPELLCHECK=OFF to disable it
gobject-introspection	Automatic bindings for public API	No	-	-	This is a build time only dependency. Used automatically if found, use -DENABLE_INTROSPECTION=OFF to disable it
gtk-doc	API documentation generator	No	-	-	This is a build time only dependency. Used by default, use -DENABLE_GTKDOC=OFF to not build the API documentation