How to Install and Uninstall man-db Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: December 18,2024

1. Install "man-db" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install man-db on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall man-db on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                man-db
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the man-db package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: man-db
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.10.2-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: doc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2824
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
Replaces: man, nlsutils
Filename: pool/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.10.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1186876
MD5sum: a684f12c90e4c7123616d780a023bdaf
SHA1: b996ae95f8ad24abca9ff612c734ca81ed885573
SHA256: ef75d5dcea4aea5142e8b2b51b7c025836085cc8e58a154458434d2bd73635f4
SHA512: ab4444e74210678fec7d1c3844981659674fc492e5d07b7869749ec40c24d63a4b5d159f319ee8dbf1b9247b846e3d2572bd4e7fb4665a4b6ef9384504d49571
Homepage: https://nongnu.org/man-db/
Description: tools for reading manual pages
Description-md5: fa4d579e45a7d37a797e795644e2648b
Task: standard