How To Install yelp-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install yelp-tools on Rocky Linux 8. yelp-tools is Create, manage, and publish documentation for Yelp

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yelp-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `yelp-tools`

yelp-tools is a collection of scripts and build utilities to help create, manage, and publish documentation for Yelp and the web. Most of the heavy lifting is done by packages like yelp-xsl and itstool. This package just wraps things up in a developer-friendly way.

We can use yum or dnf to install yelp-tools on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install yelp-tools.

Install yelp-tools on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install yelp-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install yelp-tools

Install yelp-tools on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install yelp-tools

How To Uninstall yelp-tools on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove yelp-tools

yelp-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/yelp-build
/usr/bin/yelp-check
/usr/bin/yelp-new
/usr/share/aclocal/yelp.m4
/usr/share/doc/yelp-tools
/usr/share/doc/yelp-tools/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/yelp-tools/README
/usr/share/licenses/yelp-tools
/usr/share/licenses/yelp-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/yelp-tools/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/yelp-tools
/usr/share/yelp-tools/templates
/usr/share/yelp-tools/templates/task.page
/usr/share/yelp-tools/xslt
/usr/share/yelp-tools/xslt/comments.xsl
/usr/share/yelp-tools/xslt/mal-epub.xsl
/usr/share/yelp-tools/xslt/mal-files.xsl
/usr/share/yelp-tools/xslt/mal-license.xsl
/usr/share/yelp-tools/xslt/mal-ncx.xsl
/usr/share/yelp-tools/xslt/mal-opf.xsl
/usr/share/yelp-tools/xslt/mal-rng.xsl
/usr/share/yelp-tools/xslt/mal-status.xsl
/usr/share/yelp-tools/xslt/media.xsl

References

yelp-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yelp-tools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.