docbook-to-man on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 12,2025

1. Install "docbook-to-man" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install docbook-to-man on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                docbook-to-man
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall docbook-to-man on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                docbook-to-man
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "docbook-to-man" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone docbook-to-man's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/docbook-to-man.git 
            
                        
                ~/docbook-to-man
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/docbook-to-man folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/docbook-to-man
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the docbook-to-man package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 868760
Name: docbook-to-man
PackageBaseID: 38279
PackageBase: docbook-to-man
Version: 2.0.0-5
Description: Batch converter from DocBook SGML to nroff/troff man macros.
URL: http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/tools/dtm/
NumVotes: 38
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1277198658
LastModified: 1614213671
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/docbook-to-man.tar.gz