How To Install man2html on CentOS 8

man2html is Convert man pages to HTML - CGI scripts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install man2html on CentOS 8.

What is man2html

man2html is a man page to HTML converter. This package contains CGI scripts that allow you to view, browse, and search man pages using a web server.

We can use yum or dnf to install man2html on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install man2html.

Install man2html on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install man2html using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install man2html

Install man2html on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install man2html using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install man2html

How To Uninstall man2html on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the man2html package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove man2html

man2html Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/httpd/conf.d/man2html.conf
/usr/bin/hman
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/041194069295604ca4cd40d20102068ca21000
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/555fae34b0ed8cd3bcc64f121e5d5660fd46ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/555fae34b0ed8cd3bcc64f121e5d5660fd46ed.1
/usr/lib/man2html
/usr/lib/man2html/cgi-bin
/usr/lib/man2html/cgi-bin/man
/usr/lib/man2html/cgi-bin/man/man2html
/usr/lib/man2html/cgi-bin/man/mansec
/usr/lib/man2html/cgi-bin/man/manwhatis
/usr/share/man/man1/hman.1.gz
/var/cache/man2html

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install man2html on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.