How to Install and Uninstall manpages Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "manpages" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install manpages on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                manpages
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "manpages" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall manpages on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                manpages
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the manpages package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: manpages
Priority: standard
Section: doc
Installed-Size: 1314
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martin Schulze
Architecture: all
Version: 4.04-2
Replaces: bind, console-tools (<= 1:0.2.3dbs-70), libc-bin (<< 2.19-12), libc-dev-bin (<< 2.19-12)
Suggests: man-browser
Filename: pool/main/m/manpages/manpages_4.04-2_all.deb
Size: 1086712
MD5sum: bb93c041e490ee0b6c2fef876dddf502
SHA1: 241ce97bc0fcf811c69c8b4dfe3ef798839ad814
SHA256: 1b4aab708c75670af946efb147ee46984918e0209987bf6465fb8ac8a7cf61f9
Description-en: Manual pages about using a GNU/Linux system
This package contains GNU/Linux manual pages for these sections:
4 = Devices (e.g. hd, sd).
5 = File formats and protocols, syntaxes of several system
files (e.g. wtmp, /etc/passwd, nfs).
7 = Conventions and standards, macro packages, etc.
(e.g. nroff, ascii).
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Sections 1, 6 and 8 are provided by the respective applications. This
package only includes the intro man page describing the section.
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The man pages describe syntaxes of several system files.
Description-md5: 3cdba21ee451777db03e5edc1ef4caa3
Homepage: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard