libwebkit2gtk-4.0 IS installed: ./lib/libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 ./lib/libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0/MiniBrowser ./lib/libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0/WebKitWebProcess ./lib/libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0/WebKitNetworkProcess ./lib/libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 ./lib/libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37/WebKitWebProcess ./lib/libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37/WebKitNetworkProcess Yet "configuration" says it can't be found. This eliminates the "pretty" plugin from being compiled - which I need!!! Claws Mail version 4.1.1git44 GTK 3.24.34 / GLib 2.70.5 Locale: en_US.UTF-8 (charset: UTF-8) Operating System: Linux 5.14.21-150400.24.46-default (x86_64) Running openSUSE Leap 15.4
The devel package (libwebkit2gtk3-devel or similar) is installed? Just a note: you can compile it with libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0, just replace "webkit2gtk-4.0" to "webkit2gtk-4.1" in configure.ac file.
fixed in git: https://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=commitdiff;h=568c901bca98f54d98de89d7bd8f3acdc2cc20af thanks for the report
paul: the libsoup not needed, because the soup code is unused in https://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=blob;f=src/plugins/fancy/fancy_viewer.c;h=48f312ec78f1945d7aa4de281df59a89945d0761;hb=HEAD#l1109 In addition, libsoup-gnome is removed in soup3.