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KevinH · 03-27-2016, 04:18 AM

Yes, Webkit is required for Sigil. Qt 5.6 dropped that component, but most Linux distributions plan on adding it back in their binary distributions as many projects depend on it. And Doitsu and Toxaris are correct. Qt 5.4.2 is the official version we build with, and you can build Sigil with Qt 5.5.1 too.

If you want to use Qt 5.6 or later you must hope your distribution has included Webkit with their official distribution packages or you must download the sources, add back in Qt Webkit source from the Qt 5.5.1 release and build all of Qt yourself from source.

KevinH

03-27-2016, 04:18 AM	#4
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 5703586 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Yes, Webkit is required for Sigil. Qt 5.6 dropped that component, but most Linux distributions plan on adding it back in their binary distributions as many projects depend on it. And Doitsu and Toxaris are correct. Qt 5.4.2 is the official version we build with, and you can build Sigil with Qt 5.5.1 too. If you want to use Qt 5.6 or later you must hope your distribution has included Webkit with their official distribution packages or you must download the sources, add back in Qt Webkit source from the Qt 5.5.1 release and build all of Qt yourself from source. KevinH Last edited by KevinH; 03-27-2016 at 09:31 AM.