The webkitgtk-2 update takes forever and keeps crashing because the system gets overloaded. If the package is so important, why is it offered in the AUR and not in the official repositories? Is it even essential for the OS, or did I accidentally install it myself with some other software? Which programs require it? Can I simply uninstall it? It’s incredibly frustrating to wait for hours, only for it to crash with errors. Why isn’t there a BIN file for it? Sorry for my frustration, but I have absolutely no idea what I need this program for.
For a better undestanding do you mean this package ?
You can issue the following command to see what application(s) require this package on your system (if any):
pacman -Qi package_name
(replace “package_name” with the actual name of the package)
Check the “Required by” section of the output that the above command returns.
Thank you!
It says “it’s not required by anything”. So can I just uninstall it?
Yes, if “Required By” shows “none” then you can just uninstall it.
Thank you! I just uninstalled it on one of my computers!
There’s an updated version of the package in the Arch repos (webkit2gtk-4.1). It provides libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so, while the AUR version provides libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so. This package was the bane of my short-lived existence with Gentoo.