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I tried to install the webkit applicaion from sources using this manual:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WebKit

When I type:

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr

the following error occurs:

checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... 64
configure: error: Compiler GCC >= 4.7 or Clang >= 3.0 is required for C++ compilation

When I type:

gcc --version

It responds:

gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-11precise2) 4.7.2

Hence the error does not concern gcc version. Why the execution fails?

Edited: Previous problem is solved by updating g++ to 4.7. But the following error occurs further:

checking for GAIL... no
configure: error: Package requirements (gail-3.0 >= 3.0) were not met:

No package 'gail-3.0' found 

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables GAIL_CFLAGS
and GAIL_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

I have apt-get install gail-3.0, but the error remains.

Edited: Also did:

apt-get install gail-3.0-dev
apt-get build-dep webkit

But further missing packages revealed: error: Package requirements (libsoup-2.4 >= 2.40.0) were not met:

Requested 'libsoup-2.4 >= 2.40.0' but version of libsoup is 2.38.1

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables LIBSOUP_CFLAGS
and LIBSOUP_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.
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The PPA mentioned in the question is greatly outdated for 12.04 hence you have to disable it and find another instructions on building webkit from source. Additionally, someone has to edit the wiki.

Looks like webkit is now in libwebkitgtk-3.0-0. Try these:

sudo apt-get build-dep libwebkitgtk-3.0-0
apt-get source libwebkitgtk-3.0-0
cd webkit-*
dpkg-buildpackage

I'll edit the wiki if it works.

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