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Installing Epiphany Webkit with Flash Capability
July 2, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
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I read an interesting post comparing the different browsers and how they compare (in terms of performance) with each other. The conclusion of the post Linux Browser Shootout with Peacekeeper, suggested that Epiphany-Webkit was the best. From their web site:
"...Epiphany-WebKit absolutely blitzes the Peacekeeper and annihilates all of its competition (even Safari 4 and Google Chrome on Windows), besting even Midori by over 200 points. Seriously, what an amazing achievement. I’ll definitely be paying close attention to this browser as it moves closer and closer to maturity..."
Needless to say, it peaked my curiosity, so I tried it out. The first run was not too great, that's when I realized I had the Gecko version in use and did not enable Flash. A bit of Googling, playing with my system (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS - Hardy) and a couple of explicatives for good measure, here's how I got this working in Hardy:
Add the following to your sources list as found in this web resource: http://www.soccio.it/michelinux/tag/webkit/:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/stemp/ubuntu hardy main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/michelinux/ubuntu hardy main
A simple command to do this is (BACKUP your sources.list FIRST!!!!):
sudo echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/stemp/ubuntu hardy main >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo echo deb deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/michelinux/ubuntu hardy main >> /etc/apt/sources.list
Also, a quick way to import launchpad PPA keys to your ring is to run the following script:
cd /usr/local/bin && sudo ./launchpad-update
Don't have the update script? No problem... just read here: Automatically Import Launchpad PPA Keys on Update.
Side note: I've not tried these yet, but it appears that the alternate source for Epiphany-WebKit on launchpad is also:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
After updating your sources, don't forget to:
sudo aptitude update
Now we're ready to install. Remember, we want Flash capability too. I use Firefox and have Flash 10 installed. Therefore, I use mozplugger to enable Mozilla's Flash installation to work in Epiphany. Not sure how to install Flash in Firefox? I used the following: Adobe Flash 10 64-Bit *** The important part is the "Update Feb. 23, 2009" note! ***
sudo aptitude install epiphany-webkit mozplugger
or via Firefox APT: apt:mozplugger and apt:epiphany-webkit
I found that I had to edit my Main Menu so that I could see Epiphany-WebKit in the Gnome GUI:
System --> Preferences --> Main Menu --> Internet --> Epiphany Web Browser (WebKit)
Update July 04, 2009: I discovered a conflict issue with Epiphany-Webkit and WaterMark (via Awn Manager). It seems that each time I run Epiphany (the version using WebKit, which is the OSX framework engine), all my system monitors being displayed by WaterMark, grey out and freeze. After closing Epiphany, they begin operating again (after a couple minutes or so). Unfortunately, I don't have a fix yet. Everything was working with no problems. This issue started immediately when Epiphany-Webit was installed and the run for the first time - So I assume the issue is with Epiphany-Webkit itself.
Hopefully this quick how to is of help to those interested in trying out Epiphany-WebKit. Comments? Corrections? Adjustments and additions? I'd love to read them, feel free to add them to your comments.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/ppa/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
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Thank you for this. However, I get dependeny problems when trying to install epiphany-webkit with the repos you mentioned added. Maybe something changed since you wrote it?
@Christian
I wrote this for Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy), I notice you’re using Mint, maybe that’s why the issue is there? I just tried on another Hardy box and it worked. Can you copy and paste the error message(s)? Thanks.
Thank you for looking into this. Yes, I am using Mint 7, so that may be the problem. Anyhow, this is the error message I get:
epiphany-webkit:
Depends: epiphany-browser-data (=1:2.22) but it is not installable
@Christian
Hmm… Have you tried here? -> http://linuxundich.de/de/2008/.....-linux-ii/
Look further down the page, maybe
sudo apt-get install epiphany-browser-datawill work?(In my case I removed Epiphany-Webkit because it interfered with other applications running on my system).