---
name: "dhelp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dhelp"
version: "0.6.31"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dhelp"
---

# dhelp(1)

Debian online help

## NAME

dhelp - Debian online help

## SYNOPSIS

**dhelp** *\[string\]*

## DESCRIPTION

You can use the **dhelp** program to access the Debian online help system. This online help is based on HTML documents that are registered to the dhelp system.

If you have installed the  **swish++** package, you can search all HTML documents with this program.

To browse the index of the registered HTML documents just enter:

dhelp

To search the HTML documents without a HTTP server you can use:

dhelp  *string*

If you've installed a HTTP server, you can browse the dhelp index under the following address:

http://localhost/doc/HTML/index.html

## ENVIRONMENT

- BROWSER

  Use $BROWSER as WWW browser.

## SEE ALSO

[dhelp\_parse(8)](/dhelp_parse/8.md)

## AUTHOR

This package was written by Marco Budde (Budde@tu-harburg.de) and modified by Stefan Hornburg (Racke) \<racke@linuxia.de\>.