How to Install and Uninstall man-db Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "man-db" package

Please follow the guidance below to install man-db on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall man-db on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: man-db
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: doc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2428
Provides: man, man-browser
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1~)
Depends: bsdmainutils, debconf (>= 1.2.0) | debconf-2.0, groff-base (>= 1.18.1.1-15), libc6 (>= 2.17), libgdbm5 (>= 1.12), libpipeline1 (>= 1.5.0), libseccomp2 (>= 2.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: apparmor, groff, less, www-browser
Conflicts: man, suidmanager (<< 0.50)
Breaks: manpages-tr (<< 1.0.5.1-3), manpages-zh (<< 1.5.2-1.1)
Replaces: man, manpages-de (<< 0.5-4), manpages-tr (<< 1.0.5.1-3), manpages-zh (<< 1.5.2-1.1), nlsutils
Filename: pool/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1018996
MD5sum: 20eeb937c59da39c29fce90f5c6e49ac
SHA1: ec82a8e837bad2b2f123a302bca82ed8e4a99f5c
SHA256: 3b77513c5367e3badfaf06cb2e5d075550e7319a67e4eb4e65d0195a61c0232a
SHA512: b8257610248d25b79ae5750b02f381d5b4f9780b4c4064f25a3176bd898143469fc2ae34e213d48ffc2964b6bd86cdbe1ccf56e85e0098c9398310cd1c75e779
Homepage: http://man-db.nongnu.org/
Description: on-line manual pager
Description-md5: 1784ddc55da0897a54ad44c7e0a7f547
Task: standard
Supported: 5y

Package: man-db
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.8.3-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: doc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2428
Provides: man, man-browser
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1~)
Depends: bsdmainutils, debconf (>= 1.2.0) | debconf-2.0, groff-base (>= 1.18.1.1-15), libc6 (>= 2.17), libgdbm5 (>= 1.12), libpipeline1 (>= 1.5.0), libseccomp2 (>= 2.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: apparmor, groff, less, www-browser
Conflicts: man, suidmanager (<< 0.50)
Breaks: manpages-tr (<< 1.0.5.1-3), manpages-zh (<< 1.5.2-1.1)
Replaces: man, manpages-de (<< 0.5-4), manpages-tr (<< 1.0.5.1-3), manpages-zh (<< 1.5.2-1.1), nlsutils
Filename: pool/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.8.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1019128
MD5sum: 0230a2e089a4f2dcce8f6d409f539fd0
SHA1: e5d5706ce198534cec15a19348ada58b7c75d9f8
SHA256: 0bc045abd8bb8658605dd77276ae71294ec9c71924f576d1cef7c4cce579c53b
Homepage: http://man-db.nongnu.org/
Description: on-line manual pager
Description-md5: 1784ddc55da0897a54ad44c7e0a7f547
Task: standard
Supported: 5y