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

Last updated: February 03,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "man-db" package

This is a short guide on how to install man-db on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall man-db 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 man-db package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: man-db
Version: 2.11.2-2
Installed-Size: 2963
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: man, nlsutils
Provides: man, man-browser
Depends: bsdextrautils | bsdmainutils (<< 12.1.1~), groff-base, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgdbm6 (>= 1.16), libpipeline1 (>= 1.5.0), libseccomp2 (>= 2.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: apparmor, groff, less, www-browser
Conflicts: man
Description: tools for reading manual pages
Description-md5: fa4d579e45a7d37a797e795644e2648b
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://man-db.gitlab.io/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_2.11.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1385848
MD5sum: afff8363815a61dca079f55fe56df5bb
SHA256: 4134d16ea0233ebe78b2d1d271194fcf49a69eb2850421b0f3d76055e221fcea