How To Install yelp on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yelp on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is yelp
yelp 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. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: yelp Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.0-1 Priority: optional Section: gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2100 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.38.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.13.3), libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (>= 2.19.2), libyelp0 (= 3.36.0-1), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, python3-distro, yelp-xsl (>= 3.27.1), man-db (>= 2.5.1-1) Recommends: docbook-xml Filename: pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_3.36.0-1_amd64.deb Size: 525048 MD5sum: 106764973e4f858cc71f837fb6c5ed1e SHA1: 69418edba84b8e510aa548cb5b4567f606094854 SHA256: b44bad01ef7e97dcceb5949773f8570c2e265ad2aab224c3b359d463fdbdf0ec Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Yelp Description-en: Help browser for GNOME 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. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install yelp 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 yelp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yelp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yelp
Install yelp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yelp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yelp
Install yelp 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 yelp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yelp
How To Uninstall yelp on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the yelp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yelp
Uninstall yelp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yelp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yelp
Remove yelp Configurations and Data
To remove yelp configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yelp
Remove yelp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yelp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yelp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yelp package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.