How To Install dochelp on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dochelp on Debian 10.
What is dochelp
dochelp is:
This package contains an utility to browse documentation installed on a Debian system. The utility has a command-line interface and can be used to search, open and display information of doc-base registered documents. It also generates an HTML catalog of the available documents each time a package registers a new one.
There are three methods to install dochelp on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dochelp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dochelp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dochelp
Install dochelp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dochelp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dochelp
Install dochelp 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dochelp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dochelp
How To Uninstall dochelp on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dochelp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dochelp
Uninstall dochelp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dochelp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dochelp
Remove dochelp Configurations and Data
To remove dochelp configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dochelp
Remove dochelp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dochelp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dochelp
Dependencies
dochelp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dochelp package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.