Yelp-42.3

Introduction to Yelp

The Yelp package contains a help browser used for viewing help files.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.4 platform.

Package Information

Yelp Dependencies

Required

gsettings-desktop-schemas-48.0, libhandy-1.8.3, WebKitGTK-2.48.5, and yelp-xsl-42.4

Recommended

[Note]

Note

The Yelp package is not required for a functional GNOME Desktop. Note, however, that without Yelp you will not be able to view the built-in Help provided by core GNOME and many of the support applications.

Installation of Yelp

Install Yelp by running the following commands:

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

ninja install

Still as the root user, ensure that /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache will be updated and therefore the help in gnome applications will work.

update-desktop-database

Contents

Installed Program: gnome-help (symlink) and yelp
Installed Library: libyelp.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libyelp, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libyelp (optional), and /usr/{lib,share}/yelp

Short Descriptions

yelp

is the GNOME Help Browser

libyelp.so

contains the Yelp API functions