How To Install libyelp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libyelp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libyelp-dev
libyelp-dev is:
Yelp is the help browser for the GNOME desktop. Yelp provides a simple graphical interface for viewing DocBook, Mallard, HTML, man, and info formatted documentation.
This package contains the development files for the libyelp library.
Package: libyelp-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.0-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: yelp Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 277 Depends: libyelp0 (= 3.36.0-1), libgtk-3-dev, libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev (>= 2.19.2), libxml2-dev (>= 2.6.5), libxslt1-dev (>= 1.1.4) Filename: pool/main/y/yelp/libyelp-dev_3.36.0-1_amd64.deb Size: 23920 MD5sum: 08d5d6edcd852fbfc3f55948e1949b43 SHA1: 0295b02ff85d7551a91d54441ecdf33fc95148d0 SHA256: 6a82664687ba4a5adbd33cb961b79c003a2882e9926b09b59a004ee380b60862 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Yelp Description-en: Library for the GNOME help browser (development) Yelp is the help browser for the GNOME desktop. Yelp provides a simple graphical interface for viewing DocBook, Mallard, HTML, man, and info formatted documentation.
This package contains the development files for the libyelp library.
There are three methods to install libyelp-dev 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 libyelp-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libyelp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libyelp-dev
Install libyelp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libyelp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libyelp-dev
Install libyelp-dev 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 libyelp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libyelp-dev
How To Uninstall libyelp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libyelp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libyelp-dev
Uninstall libyelp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libyelp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyelp-dev
Remove libyelp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libyelp-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libyelp-dev
Remove libyelp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libyelp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libyelp-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libyelp-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.