How To Install yelp on Debian 12

Learn how to install yelp on Debian 12 with this tutorial. yelp is Help browser for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yelp on Debian 12.

What is yelp

yelp is:

Yelp is the help browser for the GNOME desktop. Yelp provides a simple graphical interface for viewing DocBook, Mallard, HTML, man, and info formatted documentation.

There are three methods to install yelp on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install yelp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yelp

Install yelp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install yelp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install yelp

Install yelp 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 yelp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yelp

How To Uninstall yelp on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove yelp

Uninstall yelp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yelp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yelp

Remove yelp Configurations and Data

To remove yelp configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yelp

Remove yelp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yelp

Dependencies

yelp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yelp package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.