How To Install devhelp-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install devhelp-common on Kali Linux.

What is devhelp-common

devhelp-common is:

Devhelp’s primary goal is to be an API documentation browser for GNOME. It is able to scan for .devhelp files generated automatically for packages that use gtk-doc-tools to generate documentation for libraries and programs.

This package provides internationalization files, mainly.

There are three methods to install devhelp-common on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install devhelp-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install devhelp-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install devhelp-common

Install devhelp-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install devhelp-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install devhelp-common

Install devhelp-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install devhelp-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install devhelp-common

How To Uninstall devhelp-common on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove devhelp-common

Uninstall devhelp-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall devhelp-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove devhelp-common

Remove devhelp-common Configurations and Data

To remove devhelp-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge devhelp-common

Remove devhelp-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove devhelp-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge devhelp-common

Dependencies

devhelp-common have the following dependencies:

• dconf-gsettings-backend

References

• devhelp-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install devhelp-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.