libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 seems to be missing on the latest build (24.04)

[Gastón Alegre Stotzer]

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu

>lsb_release -rd
No LSB modules are available.
Description: Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch)
Release: 24.04

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center

as a workaround downloaded from:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/noble/amd64/libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18/2.43.3-1

libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18/now 2.43.3-1 amd64 [instalado, local]
  JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK

3) What you expected to happen

sudo apt install libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18

4) What happened instead

missing package/not available

EXPECTED:
>>>> gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0: JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK - GObject introspection data
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1: JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK - GObject introspection data
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0: JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK - GObject introspection data
gir1.2-webkit-6.0: Web content engine library for GTK - GObject introspection data
>>>> gir1.2-webkit2-4.0: Web content engine library for GTK - GObject introspection data
gir1.2-webkit2-4.1: Web content engine library for GTK - GObject introspection data
>>>> libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18: JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK
>>>> libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18-dbgsym: debug symbols for libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin: WebKitGTK JavaScript command-line interpreter (transitional dummy package)
>>>> libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin-dbgsym: No summary available for libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin-dbgsym in ubuntu noble.
>>>> libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev: JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK - development files
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0: JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0-dbgsym: debug symbols for libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev: JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK - development files
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1: JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1-dbgsym: debug symbols for libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev: JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK - development files
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37: Web content engine library for GTK
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-dbgsym: debug symbols for libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev: Web content engine library for GTK - development files
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc: Web content engine library for GTK - documentation
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0: Web content engine library for GTK
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0-dbgsym: debug symbols for libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev: Web content engine library for GTK - development files
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4: Web content engine library for GTK
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4-dbgsym: debug symbols for libwebkitgtk-6.0-4
libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev: Web content engine library for GTK - development files
webkit2gtk-driver: WebKitGTK WebDriver support
webkit2gtk-driver-dbgsym: debug symbols for webkit2gtk-driver

AVAILABLE:
Built packages
    >>>> MISSING!!!
    gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1 JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK - GObject introspection data
    gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0 JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK - GObject introspection data
    gir1.2-webkit-6.0 Web content engine library for GTK - GObject introspection data
    >>>> MISSING!!!
    gir1.2-webkit2-4.1 Web content engine library for GTK - GObject introspection data
    >>>> MISSING!!!
    >>>> MISSING!!!
    libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin WebKitGTK JavaScript command-line interpreter (transitional dummy package)
    >>>> MISSING!!!
    libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK
    libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0-dbgsym debug symbols for libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0
    libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK - development files
    libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK
    libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1-dbgsym debug symbols for libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1
    libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK - development files
    libjavascriptcoregtk-bin JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK - command-line interpreter
    libjavascriptcoregtk-bin-dbgsym debug symbols for libjavascriptcoregtk-bin
    libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc WebKitGTK documentation (transitional dummy package)
    >>>> MISSING!!!
    >>>> MISSING!!!
    >>>> MISSING!!!
    >>>> MISSING!!!
    libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 Web content engine library for GTK
    libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0-dbgsym debug symbols for libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0
    libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev Web content engine library for GTK - development files
    libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 Web content engine library for GTK
    libwebkitgtk-6.0-4-dbgsym debug symbols for libwebkitgtk-6.0-4
    libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev Web content engine library for GTK - development files
    libwebkitgtk-doc Web content engine library for GTK - documentation
    webkit2gtk-driver WebKitGTK WebDriver support
    webkit2gtk-driver-dbgsym debug symbols for webkit2gtk-driver

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Kevin Yue (yuezk)]

I'm experiencing the same issue. Will we be adding these packages back?

[killerbee (eth)]

needed for glopalprotect client!

[Gastón Alegre Stotzer (dajonaga)]

If this issue affects you, please don't forget to check "Does this bug affect you?" below the bug title. Thanks.-

[killerbee (eth)]

affected project https://github.com/yuezk/GlobalProtect-openconnect/issues/351

[Kevin Yue (yuezk)]

Further research indicates that `webkit2gtk-4.0` is legacy and removed on purpose, which I fully understand, and bringing it back might not be a practical operation.

My project (GlobalProtect-openconnect) uses Tauri 1.x, which depends on `webkit2gtk-4.0`. Tauri started to use `webkit2gtk-4.1` in 2.0, but it has not been released yet. Since few breaking changes exist between `webkit2gtk-4.1` and `webkit2gtk-4.0`, I plan to port the Tauri 1.x to use `webkit2gtk-4.1`. I have managed to make this work but with one error. And I'm currently working on it.