How to Install and Uninstall man-db Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the man-db on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "man-db" package

Please follow the guidance below to install man-db on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall man-db on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the man-db package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

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