How to Install and Uninstall man-db Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "man-db" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install man-db on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "man-db" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall man-db on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the man-db package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: man-db
Version: 2.8.5-2
Installed-Size: 2675
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: man, manpages-de (<< 0.5-4), manpages-tr (<< 1.0.5.1-3), manpages-zh (<< 1.5.2-1.1), nlsutils
Provides: man, man-browser
Depends: bsdmainutils, debconf (>= 1.2.0) | debconf-2.0, groff-base (>= 1.18.1.1-15), libc6 (>= 2.27), libgdbm6 (>= 1.16), libpipeline1 (>= 1.5.0), libseccomp2 (>= 2.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1~)
Suggests: apparmor, groff, less, www-browser
Conflicts: man
Breaks: manpages-tr (<< 1.0.5.1-3), manpages-zh (<< 1.5.2-1.1)
Description: on-line manual pager
Description-md5: 1784ddc55da0897a54ad44c7e0a7f547
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://nongnu.org/man-db/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::searching, use::viewing, works-with-format::man,
works-with::db, works-with::text
Section: doc
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.8.5-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1273740
MD5sum: 8f1e30cfbcb150d09c358dd8a8967587
SHA256: 8a7407631b94ba463b99d21b981611d189411b97dab5f45856d6e33a89a061e1