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QupZilla Web Browser
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Homepage: http://www.qupzilla.com
Blog: http://blog.qupzilla.com/
IRC: `#qupzilla` at `irc.freenode.net`
About QupZilla
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QupZilla is a new and very fast QtWebKit browser. It aims to be a lightweight web browser
available through all major platforms. This project has been originally started only
for educational purposes. But from its start, QupZilla has grown into a feature-rich browser.
QupZilla has all standard functions you expect from a web browser. It includes bookmarks,
history (both also in sidebar) and tabs. Above that, you can manage RSS feeds with an included
RSS reader, block ads with a builtin AdBlock plugin, block Flash content with Click2Flash
and edit the local CA Certificates database with an SSL Manager.
QupZilla's main aim is to be a very fast and very stable QtWebKit browser available to everyone.
There are already a lot of QtWebKit browsers available, but they are either bound to the KDE
environment (rekonq), are not actively developed or very unstable and miss important
features. But there is missing a multiplatform, modern and actively developed browser. QupZilla
is trying to fill this gap by providing a very stable browsing experience.
History
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The very first version of QupZilla has been released in Decemeber 2010 and it was written
in Python with PyQt4 bindings. After a few versions, QupZilla has been completely rewritten
in C++ with the Qt Framework. The Windows version of QupZilla was compiled using MingW, but due to
a huge problem with Flash, it is now compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler 2008.
First public release was 1.0.0-b4.
Compiling
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Before you start compiling, make sure that you have installed the Qt (>=4.7) development libraries
and you have read the BUILDING information.
Then you can start compiling by running this commands:
$ qmake
$ make
After a successful compilation the executable binary can be found in the bin/ directory.
To install QupZilla, you will have to run this command: (it may be necessary to run it as root)
$ make install
Current version
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The current released version of QupZilla is 1.1.8. You can download precompiled packages
and the sources from the download section at [homepage](http://www.qupzilla.com/download).
However, if you want the latest revision, just take the latest code snapshot either by
downloading a tarball or running:
$ git clone git://github.com/nowrep/QupZilla.git
If you are using Ubuntu, you can download QupZilla from PPA:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nowrep/qupzilla
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install qupzilla
for development version:
$ sudo apt-get install qupzilla-next
FAQ and Changelog
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If you are experiencing some sort of problem, please read the FAQ before you open an issue.
FAQ: https://github.com/nowrep/QupZilla/wiki/FAQ
Changelog: https://github.com/nowrep/QupZilla/wiki/Changelog