Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.3

Chapter 40. Graphical Web Browsers

Epiphany-3.28.3.1

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-8.3 platform.

Package Information

Epiphany Dependencies

Required

Gcr-3.28.0, gnome-desktop-3.28.2, ISO Codes-3.79, JSON-GLib-1.4.2, libnotify-0.7.7, libwnck-3.24.1, and WebKitGTK+-2.20.5

Recommended

NSS-3.38

Optional

lsb_release-1.4 and libhttpseverywhere

Runtime Dependencies

gnome-keyring-3.28.2 (for storing passwords) and Seahorse-3.20.0 (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 2018-08-27 15:41:22 -0700