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Quick installation of man-db:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: man-db
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install man-db
Package Details | |
| Package: | man-db |
| Version: | 2.6.1-2ubuntu2 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://man-db.nongnu.org/ |
| Description: | on-line manual pager This package provides the man command, the primary way of examining the on-line 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. Multi-Arch: foreign Homepage: http://man-db.nongnu.org/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | doc |
How to install man-db on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If man-db is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L man-db' will give followin error.
Installing man-db:
After system update use the following command to install man-db:
sudo apt-get install man-db
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove man-db from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the man-db from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the man-db following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove man-db
Following command is used to remove the man-db package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove man-db
This will remove man-db and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing man-db with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge man-db
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove man-db
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with man-db package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
