How To Install helpdev on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install helpdev on Ubuntu.
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. 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
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, 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 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
Dependencies
helpdev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install helpdev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.