How to Install and Uninstall man-db Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "man-db" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install man-db on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall man-db on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: man-db
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.1-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: doc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2816
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 (>= 2.28), libgdbm6 (>= 1.16), libpipeline1 (>= 1.5.0), libseccomp2 (>= 2.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: apparmor, groff, less, www-browser
Conflicts: man
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_2.9.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1112368
MD5sum: f9b7d0ba136cfdea8e2db21a9e088125
SHA1: 4c822999b199b400a2dd4dd7affe1bb84dd17fa3
SHA256: 07c78ad853aeba7b26a05c05edf0f4a77b4b3a2572eb03d6600f5f501324421a
Homepage: https://nongnu.org/man-db/
Description: tools for reading manual pages
Description-md5: fa4d579e45a7d37a797e795644e2648b
Task: standard