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+#### A web browser using Webkit2GTK
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+This is an implementation of a very basic Webkit based browser. The source code is not mine. You can find the original at [the Gnome Wiki](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/WebKitGtk/ProgrammingGuide/Tutorial).
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+#### Building
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+You need libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev to build this program. Afterwards you can use `gcc browser.c -o browser $(pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0 webkit2gtk-4.0)` to compile. Run `./browser` to run it.