How To Install unity-scope-devhelp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-scope-devhelp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is unity-scope-devhelp
unity-scope-devhelp is:
This package contains the “devhelp” scope which allows Unity to search for devhelp content.
There are three methods to install unity-scope-devhelp on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install unity-scope-devhelp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unity-scope-devhelp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unity-scope-devhelp
Install unity-scope-devhelp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unity-scope-devhelp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unity-scope-devhelp
Install unity-scope-devhelp 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 unity-scope-devhelp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unity-scope-devhelp
How To Uninstall unity-scope-devhelp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the unity-scope-devhelp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unity-scope-devhelp
Uninstall unity-scope-devhelp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unity-scope-devhelp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unity-scope-devhelp
Remove unity-scope-devhelp Configurations and Data
To remove unity-scope-devhelp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unity-scope-devhelp
Remove unity-scope-devhelp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unity-scope-devhelp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unity-scope-devhelp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-scope-devhelp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
