How to Install and Uninstall manpages Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "manpages" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install manpages on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                manpages
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "manpages" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall manpages on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                manpages
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the manpages package on Kali Linux

Package: manpages
Version: 6.05.01-1
Installed-Size: 1562
Maintainer: Dr. Tobias Quathamer
Architecture: all
Replaces: initscripts (<< 3.0.0-1), inn2-dev (<< 2.6.5-1), manpages-dev (<< 5.09-2)
Suggests: man-browser
Breaks: initscripts (<< 3.0.0-1), inn2-dev (<< 2.6.5-1), manpages-dev (<< 5.09-2)
Size: 1343924
SHA256: c08de2c513c8b398725c94846d9057d5e3bfe3785fd19da14eede22f996a89f4
SHA1: 8b6d3c1f4f9833c894528cff6b3dfb60315bc8ba
MD5sum: 9858ef14bee9736b3bbd55a1f17e8424
Description: Manual pages about using a GNU/Linux system
This package contains GNU/Linux manual pages for these sections:
4 = Devices (e.g. hd, sd).
5 = File formats and protocols, syntaxes of several system
files (e.g. wtmp, /etc/passwd, nfs).
7 = Conventions and standards, macro packages, etc.
(e.g. nroff, ascii).
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Beside the intro man page describing the section, a few manual
pages from sections 1,6 and 8 are also provided.
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The man pages describe syntaxes of several system files.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Tag: made-of::man, role::documentation
Section: doc
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/m/manpages/manpages_6.05.01-1_all.deb