How To Install man2html on Fedora 34

man2html is Convert man pages to HTML - CGI scripts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install man2html on Fedora 34.

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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install man2html.

Install man2html on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove man2html

man2html Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/httpd/conf.d/man2html.conf
/usr/bin/hman
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/302d796d01be543897c6c3b74b748d5b33a83e
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/302d796d01be543897c6c3b74b748d5b33a83e.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/1decf45cd33e3806e61b2378068938a09da66b
/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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install man2html on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.