How To Install man-db on Fedora 36
In this tutorial we learn how to install man-db in Fedora 36. man-db is Tools for searching and reading man pages
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install man-db on Fedora 36.
What is man-db
The man-db package includes five tools for browsing man-pages man, whatis, apropos, manpath and lexgrog. man formats and displays manual pages. whatis searches the manual page names. apropos searches the manual page names and descriptions. manpath determines search path for manual pages. lexgrog directly reads header information in manual pages.
We can use yum or dnf to install man-db on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install man-db.
Install man-db on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install man-db using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install man-db
Install man-db on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install man-db using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install man-db
How To Uninstall man-db on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the man-db package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove man-db
man-db Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/man_db.conf
/etc/sysconfig/man-db
/usr/bin/apropos
/usr/bin/apropos.man-db
/usr/bin/catman
/usr/bin/lexgrog
/usr/bin/man
/usr/bin/man-recode
/usr/bin/man.man-db
/usr/bin/mandb
/usr/bin/manpath
/usr/bin/whatis
/usr/bin/whatis.man-db
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/da390cd63b2d996e42b3e23ae2d6bf37e13e97
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/06f3d5f0605efc3a33e030417d8428661848e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/b0b5b47c1f5ca9788b64d4ce487a2e595b06ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/bbde0f8c86d745463952c05ad3969661222889
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/e42670cf1119ca580d3ce371f862e3d335b0ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/68050c2aaacd993db9de3fe609fd8e59c42c37
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/6ef034c7790a42d8f9bc1bc849ef760f228907
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/084c4cf467d6a2fa5b7f933fd9c85e191a4183
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/56136410cb022fb746cac0d3b09ff5452dd167
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/71a4f48d1e54a046b6d243a601b76bdd689f76
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/241859832c32fe1889dd5124549e146b66207c
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/0dc77bcf7c18daacbbbb033cd1701740536f83
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/eeb82a5b6ac7c66409fc1c80b95abca48824f7
/usr/lib/systemd/system/man-db-cache-update.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/man-db-restart-cache-update.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/man-db.conf
/usr/lib64/man-db
/usr/lib64/man-db/libman-2.10.0.so
/usr/lib64/man-db/libman.so
/usr/lib64/man-db/libmandb-2.10.0.so
/usr/lib64/man-db/libmandb.so
/usr/libexec/man-db
/usr/libexec/man-db/globbing
/usr/libexec/man-db/manconv
/usr/libexec/man-db/zsoelim
/usr/sbin/accessdb
/usr/share/doc/man-db
/usr/share/doc/man-db/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/man-db/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/man-db/README.md
/usr/share/doc/man-db/man-db-manual.ps
/usr/share/doc/man-db/man-db-manual.txt
/usr/share/licenses/man-db
/usr/share/licenses/man-db/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/man-db-gnulib.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo
/usr/share/man/da/man1/apropos.1.gz
/usr/share/man/da/man1/lexgrog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/da/man1/man-recode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/da/man1/man.1.gz
/usr/share/man/da/man1/manconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/da/man1/manpath.1.gz
/usr/share/man/da/man1/whatis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/da/man1/zsoelim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/da/man5/manpath.5.gz
/usr/share/man/da/man8/accessdb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/da/man8/catman.8.gz
/usr/share/man/da/man8/mandb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/apropos.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/lexgrog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/man-recode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/man.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/manconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/manpath.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/whatis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/zsoelim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man5/manpath.5.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/accessdb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/catman.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/mandb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/apropos.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/lexgrog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/man-recode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/man.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/manconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/manpath.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/whatis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/zsoelim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man5/manpath.5.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/accessdb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/catman.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/mandb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/apropos.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/lexgrog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/man-recode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/man.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/manconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/manpath.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/whatis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/zsoelim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man5/manpath.5.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/accessdb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/catman.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/mandb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/id/man1/apropos.1.gz
/usr/share/man/id/man1/lexgrog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/id/man1/man-recode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/id/man1/man.1.gz
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/usr/share/man/id/man1/manpath.1.gz
/usr/share/man/id/man1/whatis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/id/man1/zsoelim.1.gz
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/usr/share/man/id/man8/accessdb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/id/man8/catman.8.gz
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/usr/share/man/man1/apropos.man-db.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lexgrog.1.gz
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/usr/share/man/man1/whatis.1.gz
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References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install man-db on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
