I downloaded .deb file for Hoppscotch and tried installing using dpkg, dependencies error, unable to install dependencis libwebkit2gtk
sudo dpkg -i Hoppscotch_linux_x64.deb
(Reading database ... 261865 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack Hoppscotch_linux_x64.deb ...
Unpacking hoppscotch (24.6.0-3) over (24.6.0-3) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hoppscotch:
hoppscotch depends on libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37; however:
Package libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package hoppscotch (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1.1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.27-2build1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
hoppscotch
I tried installing libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
, got this:
sudo apt-get install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37' has no installation candidate
I have this version of libwebkit2gtk
installed:
dpkg -l | grep libwebkit2gtk
ii libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0:amd64 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 amd64 Web content engine library for GTK
I also tried to use apt to install:
❯ sudo apt install ./Hoppscotch_linux_x64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'hoppscotch' instead of './Hoppscotch_linux_x64.deb'
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
hoppscotch : Depends: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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