SUMMARY I wanted to compile KDE entirely from sources, I use so kdesrc-build, and I had to compile Qt5 too because Debian 9 (stretch) repositories' versions of qt5 where to old. --------------------------------------------------------------- $ cat ~/kde/src/log/2019-04-08-02/kdewebkit/cmake.log The KDE compilation fails at building kdewebkit, I have the following cmake output: de/usr' '-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/home/jimy/kde/qt5' # from directory: /home/jimy/kde/build/kdewebkit -- The C compiler identification is GNU 6.3.0 -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 6.3.0 -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done -- Detecting C compile features -- Detecting C compile features - done -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done -- Detecting CXX compile features -- Detecting CXX compile features - done -- CMake Error at /home/jimy/kde/qt5/lib/cmake/Qt5/Qt5Config.cmake:28 (find_package): Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Qt5WebKitWidgets" with any of the following names: Qt5WebKitWidgetsConfig.cmake qt5webkitwidgets-config.cmake Add the installation prefix of "Qt5WebKitWidgets" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set "Qt5WebKitWidgets_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If "Qt5WebKitWidgets" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been installed. Call Stack (most recent call first): CMakeLists.txt:16 (find_package) -------------------------------------------------------------- The problem is that actually there is no Qt5WebKitWidget<...>.cmake ! -------------------------------------------------------------- $ find ~/kde -name Qt5WebKitWidgetsConfig.cmake <nothing> $ find ~/kde -name Qt5Web*.cmake ../../build/Qt5/qtwebchannel/lib/cmake/Qt5WebChannel/Qt5WebChannelConfigVersion.cmake ../../build/Qt5/qtwebchannel/lib/cmake/Qt5WebChannel/Qt5WebChannelConfig.cmake ../../build/Qt5/qtwebview/lib/cmake/Qt5WebView/Qt5WebViewConfigVersion.cmake ../../build/Qt5/qtwebview/lib/cmake/Qt5WebView/Qt5WebViewConfig.cmake ../../build/Qt5/qtwebsockets/lib/cmake/Qt5WebSockets/Qt5WebSocketsConfig.cmake ../../build/Qt5/qtwebsockets/lib/cmake/Qt5WebSockets/Qt5WebSocketsConfigVersion.cmake ../../qt5/lib/cmake/Qt5WebView/Qt5WebViewConfigVersion.cmake ../../qt5/lib/cmake/Qt5WebView/Qt5WebViewConfig.cmake ../../qt5/lib/cmake/Qt5WebSockets/Qt5WebSocketsConfig.cmake ../../qt5/lib/cmake/Qt5WebSockets/Qt5WebSocketsConfigVersion.cmake ../../qt5/lib/cmake/Qt5WebChannel/Qt5WebChannelConfigVersion.cmake ../../qt5/lib/cmake/Qt5WebChannel/Qt5WebChannelConfig.cmake --------------------------------------------------------------------- STEPS TO REPRODUCE installed following packages on the system (there is some missing in this list from the list specified at https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Build_from_source), but many packages were old and some doesn't exist anymore: ----------------------------------------------------- $ sudo apt install autoconf bison breeze-dev build-essential bzr cmake cmake-data debhelper dh-apparmor doxygen extra-cmake-modules flex fontforge gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 git gperf icu-devtools kded5-dev kgendesignerplugin kinit-dev kross-dev kscreenlocker-dev kwin-dev libaccounts-glib-dev libappstreamqt-dev libapr1 libaprutil1 libarchive-dev libasound2-dev libattr1-dev libboost-dev libbz2-dev libcanberra-dev libcap-dev libclang-3.9-dev libclang-dev libcln-dev libcups2-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libepoxy-dev libexiv2-dev libfakekey-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libgbm-dev libgconf2-dev libgcrypt20-dev libgif-dev libglib2.0-dev libgmp-dev libgmpxx4ldbl libgpgme11-dev libgps-dev libgrantlee5-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libhunspell-dev libibus-1.0-dev libicu-dev libjson-perl liblcms2-dev liblmdb-dev libmlt-dev libmlt++-dev libnm-dev libnm-glib-dev libnm-util-dev libpng-dev libpolkit-agent-1-dev libpolkit-backend-1-dev libpolkit-gobject-1-dev libpulse-dev libpwquality-dev libqalculate-dev libqca-qt5-2-dev libqimageblitz-dev libqrencode-dev libqt5sensors5 libqt5sensors5-dev libqt5svg5-dev libqt5webkit5-dev libqt5x11extras5-dev libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev libraw1394-dev libscim-dev libserf-1-1 libsm-dev libssl-dev libsvn1 libtiff5-dev libudev-dev libusb-dev libvlccore-dev libvlc-dev libvncserver-dev libwww-perl libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxapian-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-composite0-dev libxcb-cursor0 libxcb-cursor-dev libxcb-damage0-dev libxcb-dpms0 libxcb-dpms0-dev libxcb-ewmh2 libxcb-ewmh-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-image0-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-record0-dev libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-res0 libxcb-res0-dev libxcb-screensaver0 libxcb-screensaver0-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-xf86dri0 libxcb-xf86dri0-dev libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxcb-xtest0-dev libxcb-xv0 libxcb-xv0-dev libxcb-xvmc0 libxcb-xvmc0-dev libxcursor-dev libxft-dev libxi-dev libxkbfile-dev libxml2-dev libxml-parser-perl libxrender-dev libxslt1-dev libxslt-dev llvm llvm-3.9 modemmanager-dev modemmanager-qt-dev network-manager-dev perl-modules pkg-config pkg-kde-tools po-debconf qml-module-qtquick* qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev qtbase5-dev-tools qtbase5-private-dev qtdeclarative5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev qtquickcontrols2-5-dev qtscript5-dev qttools5-dev qtxmlpatterns5-dev-tools shared-mime-info subversion texinfo xauth xcb-proto xserver-xorg-dev xserver-xorg-input-evdev-dev xserver-xorg-input-libinput-dev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-dev xsltproc xvfb ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * following the steps at the last page, I download kdesrc-build, then run ~/kde/src/kdesrc-build:..$ kdesrc-build plasma-desktop there is something else: (I doubt it has a link with the problem, but in such case ...) If I relaunch kdesrc-build after the error appeared, (with target plasma-desktop or just with target kdewebkit) the Qt5 local repo is no more working, because the folder ~/kde/src/Qt5/kdewebrview has been touched (an it's impossible to commit or stach it since no file has been modified). To retry, I must: $ rm -r ~/kde/src/Qt5/kdewebview $ git reset --hard SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Debian 9.8 fully up to date (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.80 Qt Version: 5.11.3 kdewebkit Version: 5.57.0
Please ask in a forum of your distribution for exact package name for Qt5WebKitWidgets development headers.
(In reply to Christoph Feck from comment #1) > Please ask in a forum of your distribution for exact package name for > Qt5WebKitWidgets development headers. In fact, I used the option to recompile Qt5 during the KDE compilation, so the problem should not depend on my distribution but on the names used in the latest Qt5 version.
Do you use the 'kdesrc-build' tool?
Yes, you do (I should learn to read :) Reassigning to kdesrc-build developers for inspection.
kdewebkit is only existing for compatibility currently. It is not used in kf6, and not any module depends on it. See https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-frameworks-devel/2024-April/123493.html So, just do not build this module.