source: xsoft/graphweb/falkon.xml@ 88ddfb81

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY falkon-download-http "&kf6apps-download-http;/falkon-&kf6apps-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY falkon-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY falkon-md5sum        "08d43cccbce92d44490195ed493be1f8">
  <!ENTITY falkon-size          "2.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY falkon-buildsize     "149 MB">
  <!ENTITY falkon-time          "1.4 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 0.9 SBU for tests)">
]>

<sect1 id="falkon" xreflabel="falkon-&kf6apps-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="falkon.html"?>


  <title>falkon-&kf6apps-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="falkon">
    <primary sortas="a-falkon">falkon</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to falkon</title>

    <para>
      <application>Falkon</application> is a KDE web browser using the QtWebEngine
      rendering engine. It was previously known as <application>QupZilla</application>.
      It aims to be a lightweight web browser available through all major platforms.
    </para>

    <para>
      Although <application>falkon</application> is now part of KDE, it can be
      installed without KDE (with the loss of <application>kwallet</application>
      functionality).
    </para>

    <para>
      Falkon relies on QtWebEngine. Please read the warning on that page.
    </para>

    &lfs121_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&falkon-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&falkon-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &falkon-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &falkon-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &falkon-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &falkon-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">falkon Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="extra-cmake-modules"/>,
      <xref linkend="kf6-frameworks"/> (for karchive), and
      <xref linkend="qtwebengine"/>
    </para>

    <note>
      <para>
        Strictly speaking, only karchive and ki18n are required to build falkon,
        but several other packages in <xref linkend="kf6-frameworks"/> can be
        used if they are present. To build only karchive and ki18n, download
        those packages from the directory specified in
        <xref linkend="kf6-frameworks"/> and use the build instructions on that
        page, changing the $KF6_PREFIX to /usr.
      </para>
    </note>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gnome-keyring"/>,
      <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/PySide2/">PySide2</ulink>, and
      <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/shiboken2/">Shiboken2</ulink>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      Editor Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/falkon"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of falkon</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>falkon</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release  \
      .. &amp;&amp;

make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Tests should be run after installation.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
ldconfig</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make test</command>. All
      tests should pass. If any fail, the full results will be in
      <filename>Testing/Temporary/LastTest.log</filename>.
    </para>

    <note>
      <para>
        When upgrading this package, it is possible that the contents
        of the application will remain empty even though everything else
        appears to be working properly.  In this case try removing
        <filename>~/.cache/falkon</filename> and restarting the program.
      </para>
    </note>

    <para>
      If you have installed <application>Pyside2</application> you will want to
      examine <command>hellopython.py</command> which is in the <filename
      class="directory">scripts/</filename> directory, and perhaps copy it to
      your home directory.
    </para>

    <note>
      <para>
        If you are on a non-x86_64 architecture and run into problems with
        missing text, you may wish to export
        <envar>QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--no-sandbox"</envar> prior to
        running Falkon.
      </para>
    </note>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <option>-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF</option>: This will save a little time and space by
      not building the test programs, use this if you do not wish to run the test.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          falkon
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libFalkonPrivate.so.3
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/share/falkon
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="falkon-prog">
        <term><command>falkon</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a web browser which uses qtwebengine
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="falkon falkon-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-falkon">falkon</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libFalkonPrivate.so.3">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libFalkonPrivate.so.3</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions used by falkon
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="falkon libFalkonPrivate.so.3">
            <primary sortas="c-libFalkonPrivate.so.3">libFalkonPrivate.so.3</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>

</sect1>