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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "manpages-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install manpages-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall manpages-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: manpages-dev
Priority: optional
Section: doc
Installed-Size: 3610
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martin Schulze
Architecture: all
Source: manpages
Version: 4.04-2
Replaces: glibc-doc (<< 2.11.2-3), libaio-dev
Depends: manpages
Suggests: man-browser
Filename: pool/main/m/manpages/manpages-dev_4.04-2_all.deb
Size: 2047608
MD5sum: fea47c59fcc997aeab05238ecf9c5aba
SHA1: 1df577c462c9cc598bba401c4427f8d9a838a38c
SHA256: e6c2596394da96e9aed64aad11a5e52db29101468f85e808655db259eea8e77a
Description-en: Manual pages about using GNU/Linux for development
These man pages describe the Linux programming interface, including
these two sections:
2 = Linux system calls.
3 = Library calls (note that a more comprehensive source of information
may be found in the glibc-doc and glibc-doc-reference packages).
Description-md5: 8a10ff7bcfd700d46fc7906a26abf372
Homepage: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop