In Ubuntu 24.04.2: Namespace WebKit2 not available for version 4.0 #21
Description
$ typecatcher
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/aslam/.local/bin/typecatcher", line 46, in <module>
import typecatcher
File "/var/ak/dev/workspace/github/_forks/typecatcher/typecatcher/__init__.py", line 21, in <module>
from typecatcher_lib import Application
File "/var/ak/dev/workspace/github/_forks/typecatcher/typecatcher_lib/Application.py", line 19, in <module>
from typecatcher import TypeCatcherWindow
File "/var/ak/dev/workspace/github/_forks/typecatcher/typecatcher/TypeCatcherWindow.py", line 22, in <module>
gi.require_version('WebKit2', '4.0')
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 125, in require_version
raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available for version %s' %
ValueError: Namespace WebKit2 not available for version 4.0
This happens with other applications too. E.g., tauri-app – the suggested workaround is not possible in Ubuntu 24.04.2:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev : Depends: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (= 2.36.0-2ubuntu1) but 2.48.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 is to be installed
Depends: gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 (= 2.36.0-2ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev (= 2.36.0-2ubuntu1) but 2.48.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.