[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-18521) On RHEL7, Browsersim cannot use the SWT Browser (GTK) as the browser engine

[Konstantin Marmalyukov (JIRA)]

    [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-18521?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13009429#comment-13009429 ] 

Konstantin Marmalyukov edited comment on JBIDE-18521 at 10/7/14 12:06 PM:
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Everything happens because webkitgtk package(which is needed for creating WebKit browser under GTK2) is not available for RHEL7.

But we cannot completely disable GTK2 for RHEL7 cause user can use javaFX engine with GTK2


was (Author: kmarmaliykov):
Everything happens because webkitgtk package(which is needed for creating WebKit browser under GTK2) is not available for RHEL7

> On RHEL7, Browsersim cannot use the SWT Browser (GTK) as the browser engine
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>
>                 Key: JBIDE-18521
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-18521
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: browsersim
>    Affects Versions: 4.2.0.CR2
>         Environment: RHEL7
> Java 1.7
> Java 1.8
>            Reporter: Len DiMaggio
>            Assignee: Konstantin Marmalyukov
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: 4.2.0.Final
>
>         Attachments: screenshot_JBIDE-18521.png
>
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> * Configure Browsersim to use either Oracle 1.7 or 1.8 JDK on RHEL7
> * Open Browsersim
> * Right-click to open the Browsersim context menu
> * Observe the "please install webkitgtk to to use SWT.WebKit.engine" error
> (See attached screenshot)
> The webkitgtk package does not exist for RHEL7 - webkitgtk3 is installed in RHEL7 OOTB.



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