A simple web browser based on Qt5 can be easily installed using the package repository for OpenSTLinux distribution service.
2 solutions exist:
- Qt® application
- Qt® Python™ application
1. qt-wpe-simple-browser[edit source]
1.1. Installation[edit source]
apt-get update apt-get install qt-wpe-simple-browser
1.2. Usage[edit source]
qt-wpe-simple-browser <url http://>
2. python3-pyqt5[edit source]
2.1. Installation[edit source]
apt-get update apt-get install python3-pyqt5
Create the web_browser.py script:
# web_browser.py # Copyright (c) STMicroelectronics # License: BSD-3-Clause from PyQt5.QtCore import * from PyQt5.QtWidgets import * from PyQt5.QtGui import * from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import * import sys class MainWindow(QMainWindow): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(MainWindow,self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) self.setWindowTitle(sys.argv[1]) self.browser = QWebView() self.browser.setUrl( QUrl(sys.argv[1]) ) self.setCentralWidget(self.browser) self.show() QApplication.setAttribute(Qt.AA_ShareOpenGLContexts) app = QApplication(sys.argv) window = MainWindow() app.exec_()
2.2. Usage[edit source]
python3 web_browser.py <url http://>
3. Display platform[edit source]
Two solutions exist to display the web browser:
- using eglfs
- using Wayland
3.1. wayland[edit source]
- Weston must be started. If you have stopped it, you can restart Weston with the following command
systemctl start weston@root
- Install qtwayland
apt-get install qtwayland
- Set Wayland egl as display platform
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland-egl
- Launch the Python web browser
qt-wpe-simple-browser <url http://>
or
python3 web_browser.py <url http://>
3.2. eglfs[edit source]
- Stop the Weston application
systemctl stop weston@root
- Set eglfs as display platform
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=eglfs
- And set the following variables
export QML2_IMPORT_PATH='/usr/lib/qt5/qml/' export QT_QPA_EGLFS_ALWAYS_SET_MODE='1'
- Launch the web browser
qt-wpe-simple-browser <url http://>
or
python3 web_browser.py <url http://>