How To Install dochelp on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dochelp on Ubuntu 22.04. dochelp is Utility to browse system documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dochelp on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is dochelp

dochelp is:

This package contains an utility to browse documentation installed on a Debian system. The utility has a command-line interface and can be used to search, open and display information of doc-base registered documents. It also generates an HTML catalog of the available documents each time a package registers a new one.

There are three methods to install dochelp 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 dochelp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dochelp

Install dochelp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dochelp

Install dochelp 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 dochelp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dochelp

How To Uninstall dochelp on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove dochelp

Uninstall dochelp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dochelp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dochelp

Remove dochelp Configurations and Data

To remove dochelp configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dochelp

Remove dochelp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dochelp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dochelp package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.