How To Install devhelp on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install devhelp on CentOS 7. devhelp is API documentation browser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install devhelp on CentOS 7.

What is devhelp

Devhelp is an API documentation browser for the GNOME desktop. It works natively with API documentation generated by gtk-doc. 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 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install devhelp.

Install devhelp on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install devhelp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install devhelp

Install devhelp on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install devhelp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install devhelp

How To Uninstall devhelp on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove devhelp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install devhelp on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.