How to Install and Uninstall man-db Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "man-db" package

This tutorial shows how to install man-db on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: man-db
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.12.0-3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: doc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2860
Provides: man, man-browser
Depends: bsdextrautils | bsdmainutils (<< 12.1.1~), groff-base, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.38), 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_2.12.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 1229970
MD5sum: 54791db267e9c61505fa3d82b16f0cac
SHA1: bb63093dc2be5e08da9e5f5d33336bd8b3f07ef9
SHA256: 4ba373177d7484d578827ed6d0be739100c7a149045e1cef8db8fc5e8aafbf79
SHA512: dbc4fe139f369937399230d808a30f8b093737812047242af771ec73115b338aaedbb73246fde33dd41dcad9275c4582f04867fcc0ff172e9186c5b267bf7fd2
Homepage: https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/
Description: tools for reading manual pages
Description-md5: fa4d579e45a7d37a797e795644e2648b
Task: standard, ubuntu-wsl