How To Install helpdev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install helpdev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is helpdev
helpdev is:
This package provides a tool to help users and developers to get information about the environment to report bugs or even test your system without spending a day on it. It can get information about hardware, OS, paths, Python distribution and packages, including Qt-things.
There are three methods to install helpdev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install helpdev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install helpdev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install helpdev
Install helpdev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install helpdev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install helpdev
Install helpdev 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 helpdev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install helpdev
How To Uninstall helpdev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the helpdev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove helpdev
Uninstall helpdev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall helpdev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove helpdev
Remove helpdev Configurations and Data
To remove helpdev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge helpdev
Remove helpdev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove helpdev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge helpdev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install helpdev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.