How to Install Rekonq on Linux mint 18.03
To Install Rekonq on Linux mint 18.03
Rekonq is a lightweight and Webkit based web browser which is also based on KDE technologies. This is open source browser comes with lots of features like tabbed browsing, ad-blocker, proxy support and more. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of Rekonq on Linux mint 18.03.
Installation
Let's first start with updating the system repositories.
linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Ign:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease
Hit:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease \[107 kB\]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages \[549 kB\]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main i386 Packages \[476 kB\]
Hit:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main Translation-en \[232 kB\]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease \[109 kB\]
Hit:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages \[840 kB\]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages \[757 kB\]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main Translation-en \[344 kB\]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages \[678 kB\]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages \[620 kB\]
Fetched 4,711 kB in 14s (318 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Install the Rekonq application run the following command.
linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install rekonq Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
breeze-icon-theme kate-data katepart kde-baseapps-bin kde-baseapps-data kde-runtime
kde-runtime-data kde-data-style-breeze kde-data-style-breeze-qt4 kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data kdelibs5-plugins
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update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu-distrib/kdesu to provide /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu (kdesu) in auto mode
Setting up kde-baseapps-bin (4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up rekonq (2.4.2-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ...
Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu as shown here
Now, you can able to use the Rekonq application.
With this, the installation of Rekonq on Linux mint-18.03 comes to an end.
Q
How do I enable Adblock?
A
Adblocking should already be enabled for you using the Easylist adblock subscription. You can further configure it by clicking on the configuration menu button and opening the Configure rekonq dialog. Click on AdBlocK Filters. Here, you can add custom filters using wildcard strings (e.g. http://www.site.com/ads/*) or regular expressions within forward slashes (e.g. //(ads|dclk)\./).
Q
How do I set rekonq as my default browser?
A
Head to System Settings -> Default Applications. Here, click on Web Browser to set your default browser. Select to open http and https URLs in the following browser and enter
Q
How do I load flash on demand?
A
Click on the configuration menu button, and open the Configure rekonq dialog. Click on WebKit and under Plugin settings, select to Manually Load Plugins. Click OK.
Q
How do I make rekonq behave like chrome/chromium?
A
This will not however allow each window of rekonq to crash independently - all windows of rekonq crash as a single process. It merely emulates the look of chromium, giving individual controls for each webpage you load.
Some other ways to help include
End-user support - if you are experienced, consider joining a mailing list or the Forum to help support newer users.
If you are able to help with translation as part of the official team, consult this list to find a contact point. If you would like to help with UserBase translation.