How To Install libdevhelp-3-6 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdevhelp-3-6 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libdevhelp-3-6
libdevhelp-3-6 is:
This library provides embedable widgets from the Devhelp program to be integrated in tools like the Anjuta IDE for browsing API reference documentation.
Package: libdevhelp-3-6 Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.1-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: devhelp Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 193 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.60), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (>= 2.24), devhelp-common (>= 3.36.1-1) Breaks: anjuta (« 2:3.14.0-2) Filename: pool/universe/d/devhelp/libdevhelp-3-6_3.36.1-1_amd64.deb Size: 51508 MD5sum: 8d7fd7ea3dddadcd08c0ba15720a5893 SHA1: 0dfb909912655c1a9d14f43b42b8aa4bf926aece SHA256: 7b67af5830e6cffc3820acc0798ad8fb0017fe53e75f8d0c436923675aa0bd13 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Devhelp Description-en: Library providing documentation browser functionality This library provides embedable widgets from the Devhelp program to be integrated in tools like the Anjuta IDE for browsing API reference documentation.
There are three methods to install libdevhelp-3-6 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdevhelp-3-6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdevhelp-3-6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdevhelp-3-6
Install libdevhelp-3-6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdevhelp-3-6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdevhelp-3-6
Install libdevhelp-3-6 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 libdevhelp-3-6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdevhelp-3-6
How To Uninstall libdevhelp-3-6 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libdevhelp-3-6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdevhelp-3-6
Uninstall libdevhelp-3-6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdevhelp-3-6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdevhelp-3-6
Remove libdevhelp-3-6 Configurations and Data
To remove libdevhelp-3-6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdevhelp-3-6
Remove libdevhelp-3-6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdevhelp-3-6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdevhelp-3-6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdevhelp-3-6 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.