webkit building error:configure: error: Compiler GCC >= 4.7 or Clang >= 3.0 is required for C compil

Building webkit from source

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I tried to install the webkit applicaion from sources using this manual: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WebKit When I type: ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr the following error occurs: checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... 64 configure: error: Compiler GCC >= 4.7 or Clang >= 3.0 is required for C++ compilation When I type: gcc --version It responds: gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-11precise2) 4.7.2 Hence the error does not concern gcc version. Why the execution fails? Edited: Previous problem is solved by updating g++ to 4.7. But the following error occurs further: checking for GAIL... no configure: error: Package requirements (gail-3.0 >= 3.0) were not met: No package 'gail-3.0' found Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix. Alternatively, you may set the environment variables GAIL_CFLAGS and GAIL_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. I have apt-get install gail-3.0, but the error remains. Edited:Also did: apt-get install gail-3.0-dev apt-get build-dep webkit But further missing packages revealed: error: Package requirements (libsoup-2.4 >= 2.40.0) were not met: Requested 'libsoup-2.4 >= 2.40.0' but version of libsoup is 2.38.1 Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix. Alternatively, you may set the environment variables LIBSOUP_CFLAGS and LIBSOUP_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. 12.04 application-development programming gcc webkit share improve this question edited Mar 19 at 22:46 int_ua 564 6 31 asked Mar 17 at 22:14 Сашко Лихенко 48 7

My guess is your G++ is older than your gcc –  hbdgaf Mar 17 at 22:40   you are right!! –  Сашко Лихенко Mar 17 at 22:41 3   apt-get install gail-3.0-dev. Why don't you just apt-get build-dep whatever package contains webkit instead of fighting with this? –  hbdgaf Mar 18 at 5:27 1   Agreed with @AbrahamVanHelpsing. Please read through the help document you linked to, it gives you a list of what to do, including what you need to install. –  Thomas W. Mar 18 at 6:20 2   Guys, guys, why don't you continue this in a chat? Also see How do I enable the "backports" repository?, Install packages from newer release without building (apt pinning) and What are PPAs and how do I use them? –  con-f-use Mar 18 at 14:28 show 8 more comments

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The PPA mentioned in the question is greatly outdated for 12.04 hence you have to disable it and find another instructions on building webkit from source. Additionally, someone has to edit the wiki. Looks like webkit is now in libwebkitgtk-3.0-0. Try these: sudo apt-get build-dep libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 apt-get source libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 cd webkit-* dpkg-buildpackage I'll edit the wiki if it works.