Epiphany-44.6

Introduction to Epiphany

Epiphany is a simple yet powerful GNOME web browser targeted at non-technical users. Its principles are simplicity and standards compliance.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.0 platform.

Package Information

Epiphany Dependencies

Required

Gcr-4.1.0, gnome-desktop-44.0, ISO Codes-4.15.0, JSON-GLib-1.6.6, libadwaita-1.3.4, libportal-0.6, Nettle-3.9.1, and WebKitGTK-2.41.91 (built with GTK-4)

Optional

Appstream-Glib

Runtime Dependencies

gnome-keyring-42.1 (for storing passwords) and Seahorse-43.0 (for managing stored passwords)

Editor Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/epiphany

Installation of Epiphany

Install Epiphany by running the following commands:

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

Now, as the root user:

ninja install
[Note]

Note

If you installed the package to your system using a DESTDIR method, /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled was not updated/created. Create (or update) the file using the following command as the root user:

glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas

One test would fail if this package is not installed, so it's better to run the test suite after installation. To test the results, issue LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 ninja test. The tests must be run from a graphical session.

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

Contents

Installed Program: epiphany
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/{lib,libexec,share,share/help/*}/epiphany

Short Descriptions

epiphany

is a GNOME web browser based on the WebKit2 rendering engine