How To Install devhelp on CentOS 8

devhelp is API documentation browser API documentation browser

Introduction

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

What is devhelp

Devhelp is an API documentation browser for the GNOME desktop. It works natively with API documentation generated by gtk-doc. devhelp 1 3.28.1 5.el8 x86_64 112 k devhelp-3.28.1-5.el8.src.rpm appstream API documentation browser https GPLv2+ and LGPL2+ Devhelp is an API documentation browser for the GNOME desktop. It works natively with API documentation generated by gtk-doc.

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

Install devhelp 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install devhelp

Install devhelp 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install devhelp

How To Uninstall devhelp on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove devhelp

devhelp Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/devhelp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/bc4e69a93ecd4b13560260e9c76ebda6305df6
/usr/lib/gedit
/usr/lib/gedit/plugins
/usr/lib/gedit/plugins/devhelp.plugin
/usr/lib/gedit/plugins/devhelp.py
/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Devhelp.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Devhelp.service
/usr/share/devhelp
/usr/share/devhelp/assistant
/usr/share/devhelp/assistant/assistant.css
/usr/share/devhelp/assistant/assistant.js
/usr/share/devhelp/books
/usr/share/doc/devhelp
/usr/share/doc/devhelp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/devhelp/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/devhelp/README
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/devhelp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/devhelp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/devhelp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/devhelp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/devhelp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/devhelp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/devhelp-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/licenses/devhelp
/usr/share/licenses/devhelp/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/devhelp.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/org.gnome.Devhelp.appdata.xml
/usr/bin/devhelp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/8f669307a2542187e6d03eb30fd26217fb2d4f
/usr/lib64/gedit
/usr/lib64/gedit/plugins
/usr/lib64/gedit/plugins/devhelp.plugin
/usr/lib64/gedit/plugins/devhelp.py
/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Devhelp.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Devhelp.service
/usr/share/devhelp
/usr/share/devhelp/assistant
/usr/share/devhelp/assistant/assistant.css
/usr/share/devhelp/assistant/assistant.js
/usr/share/devhelp/books
/usr/share/doc/devhelp
/usr/share/doc/devhelp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/devhelp/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/devhelp/README
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/devhelp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/devhelp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/devhelp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/devhelp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/devhelp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/devhelp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/devhelp-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/licenses/devhelp
/usr/share/licenses/devhelp/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/devhelp.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/org.gnome.Devhelp.appdata.xml

References

Summary

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