How To Install manpages-posix 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 manpages-posix on Ubuntu.
What is manpages-posix
manpages-posix is:
This package contains manual pages for POSIX utilities and keeps them in section 1 (with 1posix extension) of the on-line manual.
There are three methods to install manpages-posix 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 manpages-posix Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install manpages-posix using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install manpages-posix
Install manpages-posix Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install manpages-posix using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install manpages-posix
Install manpages-posix 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 manpages-posix using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install manpages-posix
How To Uninstall manpages-posix on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the manpages-posix package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove manpages-posix
Uninstall manpages-posix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall manpages-posix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove manpages-posix
Remove manpages-posix Configurations and Data
To remove manpages-posix configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge manpages-posix
Remove manpages-posix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove manpages-posix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge manpages-posix
Dependencies
manpages-posix have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install manpages-posix package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.