Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.4

Chapter 40. Graphical Web Browsers

Epiphany-3.30.3

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-8.4 platform.

Package Information

Epiphany Dependencies

Required

Gcr-3.28.1, gnome-desktop-3.30.2.1, ISO Codes-4.1, JSON-GLib-1.4.4, libdazzle-3.30.2, libnotify-0.7.7, libwnck-3.30.0, and WebKitGTK+-2.22.6

Recommended

NSS-3.42.1

Optional

lsb_release-1.4 and libhttpseverywhere

Runtime Dependencies

gnome-keyring-3.28.2 (for storing passwords) and Seahorse-3.30.1.1 (for managing stored passwords)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/epiphany

Installation of Epiphany

Install Epiphany by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr .. &&
ninja

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install &&
glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas

This package does not have a working test suite.

Contents

Installed Program: epiphany and ephy-profile-migrator
Installed Libraries: libephywebextension.so
Installed Directories: /usr/{lib,share,share/help/*}/epiphany

Short Descriptions

epiphany

is a GNOME web browser based on the WebKit2 rendering engine.

Last updated on 2019-02-19 20:13:48 -0800