How to Install and Uninstall devhelp Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "devhelp" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install devhelp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall devhelp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: devhelp
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 100
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.18.1-1ubuntu5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libdevhelp-3-2 (>= 3.6.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3)
Recommends: libgtk-3-doc, libglib2.0-doc, libpango1.0-doc
Filename: pool/main/d/devhelp/devhelp_3.18.1-1ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 15472
MD5sum: 949220664a5fdee529e1bd8cf2b7eb5f
SHA1: 774512707ed654d9f6fa7980cad023f82d01aa36
SHA256: 850fe0c47eb2b326bfec22ed0a2ba8b16f14c4942bf6a334908088fde46115cc
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
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Devhelp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-usb