How to Install and Uninstall git-man Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the git-man on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "git-man" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install git-man on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall git-man on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 git-man package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: git-man
Source: git
Version: 1:2.39.2-1.1
Installed-Size: 2103
Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder
Architecture: all
Description: fast, scalable, distributed revision control system (manual pages)
Description-md5: 0c79f507738c0cb72351c8ae551ee47d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://git-scm.com/
Tag: devel::doc, interface::commandline, role::documentation, role::program,
scope::utility, works-with-format::man, works-with::software:source,
works-with::text, works-with::vcs
Section: doc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/git/git-man_2.39.2-1.1_all.deb
Size: 2049236
MD5sum: 4cfb6994a24b5fa3e1199197dd84dfed
SHA256: 34097adaf793f92cc93c8f07059d34766a6a8f2b1d0b1b74b9bb530516402642