How to Install and Uninstall devhelp Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "devhelp" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install devhelp on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                devhelp
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "devhelp" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall devhelp on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                devhelp
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the devhelp package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: devhelp
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.38.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 202
Depends: python3:any, libamtk-5-0 (>= 5.0.0), libc6 (>= 2.4), libdevhelp-3-6 (>= 3.36.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.64), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (>= 2.26)
Recommends: libgtk-3-doc, libglib2.0-doc, libpango1.0-doc
Breaks: devhelp-common (<< 3.21.91-1)
Replaces: devhelp-common (<< 3.21.91-1)
Filename: pool/universe/d/devhelp/devhelp_3.38.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 60016
MD5sum: 40c2336ec8aab53c9622a546647b5350
SHA1: 3622e4877e696032dd9ca16c360e358adc928142
SHA256: 1262e2a68828fa8c14273c5f7f3147825744534840d382ceb076a4246b2172f5
SHA512: eb7fe2718d4ba2f333057c354bf1de8025f270d5843151b7bc7c36e76148b8078081f4bb38507f74419df8a3ade422af3c7aa692f1c507d720904708557a77a9
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Devhelp
Description-en: GNOME developers help program
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.
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Devhelp provides some integration capabilities, which is used to allow
command-line searches, emacs integration and embedding in applications like
the Anjuta IDE.
Description-md5: ae983a3767d2a0a40ed35bb280300912