How To Install txt2man on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install txt2man in Fedora 36. txt2man is Convert flat ASCII text to man page format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install txt2man on Fedora 36.

What is txt2man

txt2man is a shell script using gnu awk, that should run on any Unix-like system. The syntax of the ASCII text is very straightforward and looks very much like the output of the man(1) program.

We can use yum or dnf to install txt2man on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install txt2man.

Install txt2man 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 txt2man using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install txt2man

Install txt2man 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 txt2man using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install txt2man

How To Uninstall txt2man on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the txt2man package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove txt2man

txt2man Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/bookman
/usr/bin/src2man
/usr/bin/txt2man
/usr/share/doc/txt2man
/usr/share/doc/txt2man/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/txt2man/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/txt2man/README
/usr/share/man/man1/bookman.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/src2man.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/txt2man.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install txt2man on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).