How To Install yelp on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yelp
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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.
There are three methods to install yelp
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 22.04
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 22.04, 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 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yelp
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.