How to get Eclipse SWT Browser component running on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) with Webkit?

Question

I use the SWT Browser control in my Eclipse RCP application. On Linux Ubuntu 10.10 this depends on the user having installed xulrunner-1.9.2. This works fine.

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Answer 1

For Eclipse Juno SR1 (4.2 SR1) running on Ubuntu 12.04, the following worked for me:

1. Install the libwebkit package: sudo apt-get install libwebkitgtk-3.0-0
2. Install the libwebkit jni wrapper: sudo apt-get install libswt-webkit-gtk-3-jni

3. Set the DefaultType and UseWebKitGTK properties (I did it by adding the following to my eclipse.ini file):

    -Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.DefaultType=webkit
    -Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.UseWebKitGTK=true