How to Install and Uninstall man-db Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "man-db" package

This tutorial shows how to install man-db on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: man-db
Version: 2.9.4-2
Installed-Size: 2874
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: bsdextrautils | bsdmainutils (<< 12.1.1~), debconf (>= 1.2.0) | debconf-2.0, groff-base (>= 1.18.1.1-15), libc6 (>= 2.28), 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: tools for reading manual pages
Description-md5: fa4d579e45a7d37a797e795644e2648b
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_2.9.4-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1354168
MD5sum: 58b7df92de585a5af2ebfec59f36de0c
SHA256: e066491c1660c8a33dbca4d7219b5806586651326667e4df73a7ac4739f3e065