How To Install devhelp-libs on CentOS 8

devhelp-libs is Library to embed Devhelp in other applications Library to embed Devhelp in other applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install devhelp-libs on CentOS 8.

What is devhelp-libs

Devhelp is an API documentation browser for the GNOME desktop. This package contains a library that can be used for embedding devhelp into other applications such as IDEs. devhelp-libs 1 3.28.1 5.el8 x86_64 227 k devhelp-3.28.1-5.el8.src.rpm appstream Library to embed Devhelp in other applications https GPLv2+ and LGPL2+ Devhelp is an API documentation browser for the GNOME desktop. This package contains a library that can be used for embedding devhelp into other applications such as IDEs.

We can use yum or dnf to install devhelp-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install devhelp-libs.

Install devhelp-libs on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install devhelp-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install devhelp-libs

Install devhelp-libs on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install devhelp-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install devhelp-libs

How To Uninstall devhelp-libs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the devhelp-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove devhelp-libs

devhelp-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/9fec4050a28915e191ad296d4739f5cf71104e
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Devhelp-3.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libdevhelp-3.so.5
/usr/lib64/libdevhelp-3.so.5.0.0
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.devhelp.gschema.xml
/usr/share/help/C/devhelp
/usr/share/help/C/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/C/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/cs/devhelp
/usr/share/help/cs/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/cs/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/de/devhelp
/usr/share/help/de/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/de/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/es/devhelp
/usr/share/help/es/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/es/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/hr/devhelp
/usr/share/help/hr/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/hr/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/hu/devhelp
/usr/share/help/hu/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/hu/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/pl/devhelp
/usr/share/help/pl/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/pl/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/pt_BR/devhelp
/usr/share/help/pt_BR/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/pt_BR/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/sv/devhelp
/usr/share/help/sv/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/sv/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/c416f4aa139134560c6f95c8de6b4eeb35f3bf
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Devhelp-3.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libdevhelp-3.so.5
/usr/lib/libdevhelp-3.so.5.0.0
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.devhelp.gschema.xml
/usr/share/help/C/devhelp
/usr/share/help/C/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/C/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/cs/devhelp
/usr/share/help/cs/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/cs/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/de/devhelp
/usr/share/help/de/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/de/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/es/devhelp
/usr/share/help/es/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/es/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/hr/devhelp
/usr/share/help/hr/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/hr/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/hu/devhelp
/usr/share/help/hu/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/hu/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/pl/devhelp
/usr/share/help/pl/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/pl/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/pt_BR/devhelp
/usr/share/help/pt_BR/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/pt_BR/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/help/sv/devhelp
/usr/share/help/sv/devhelp/index.page
/usr/share/help/sv/devhelp/search.page
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/devhelp.mo

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install devhelp-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.