How To Install man-db on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 395 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install man-db on Ubuntu.
What is man-db
man-db is:
This package provides the man command, the primary way of examining the system help files (manual pages). Other utilities provided include the whatis and apropos commands for searching the manual page database, the manpath utility for determining the manual page search path, and the maintenance utilities mandb, catman and zsoelim. man-db uses the groff suite of programs to format and display the manual pages.
There are three methods to install man-db 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 man-db Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install man-db using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install man-db
Install man-db Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install man-db using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install man-db
Install man-db 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 man-db using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install man-db
How To Uninstall man-db on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the man-db package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove man-db
Uninstall man-db And Its Dependencies
To uninstall man-db and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove man-db
Remove man-db Configurations and Data
To remove man-db configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge man-db
Remove man-db configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove man-db configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge man-db
Dependencies
man-db have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install man-db package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.