How To Install devhelp-common on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install devhelp-common on Ubuntu 20.04. devhelp-common is Common files for devhelp and its library Common files for devhelp and its library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install devhelp-common on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is devhelp-common

devhelp-common is:

Devhelp’s primary goal is to be an API documentation browser for GNOME. It is able to scan for .devhelp files generated automatically for packages that use gtk-doc-tools to generate documentation for libraries and programs.

This package provides internationalization files, mainly.

Package: devhelp-common Architecture: all Version: 3.36.1-1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: devhelp Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1081 Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend Filename: pool/universe/d/devhelp/devhelp-common_3.36.1-1_all.deb Size: 140840 MD5sum: 901dc9b890f6ff5e3686b74150f8ee52 SHA1: 5e9accd3c2ca548dc62223afc47b8ae25c180cc1 SHA256: e840fa7253963271ba9ad27fce0f385bbcb9d4f96feda04369f9682e30fcd597 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Devhelp Description-en: Common files for devhelp and its library Devhelp’s primary goal is to be an API documentation browser for GNOME. It is able to scan for .devhelp files generated automatically for packages that use gtk-doc-tools to generate documentation for libraries and programs.

This package provides internationalization files, mainly.

There are three methods to install devhelp-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install devhelp-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install devhelp-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install devhelp-common

Install devhelp-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install devhelp-common

Install devhelp-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install devhelp-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install devhelp-common

How To Uninstall devhelp-common on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove devhelp-common

Uninstall devhelp-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall devhelp-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove devhelp-common

Remove devhelp-common Configurations and Data

To remove devhelp-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge devhelp-common

Remove devhelp-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove devhelp-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge devhelp-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install devhelp-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.