How To Install devhelp-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install devhelp-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is devhelp-common
devhelp-common is:
Devhelp’s primary goal is to be an API documentation browser for GNOME. It is able to scan for .devhelp files generated automatically for packages that use gtk-doc-tools to generate documentation for libraries and programs.
This package provides internationalization files, mainly.
There are three methods to install devhelp-common 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 devhelp-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install devhelp-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install devhelp-common
Install devhelp-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install devhelp-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install devhelp-common
Install devhelp-common 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 devhelp-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install devhelp-common
How To Uninstall devhelp-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the devhelp-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove devhelp-common
Uninstall devhelp-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall devhelp-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove devhelp-common
Remove devhelp-common Configurations and Data
To remove devhelp-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge devhelp-common
Remove devhelp-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove devhelp-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge devhelp-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install devhelp-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
