How To Install docbook-to-man on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-to-man
on Kali Linux.
What is docbook-to-man
docbook-to-man is:
docbook-to-man is a batch converter that transforms UNIX-style manpages from the DocBook SGML format into nroff/troff man macros.
This is not the original version by Fred Dalrymple, but one with the modifications by David Bolen.
docbook-to-man lacks support for internationalization and utf-8. Other tools like docbook2man or docbook-xml with xsltproc are better suited for new projects.
There are three methods to install docbook-to-man
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install docbook-to-man Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install docbook-to-man
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install docbook-to-man
Install docbook-to-man Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install docbook-to-man
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install docbook-to-man
Install docbook-to-man Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install docbook-to-man
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install docbook-to-man
How To Uninstall docbook-to-man on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the docbook-to-man
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove docbook-to-man
Uninstall docbook-to-man And Its Dependencies
To uninstall docbook-to-man
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove docbook-to-man
Remove docbook-to-man Configurations and Data
To remove docbook-to-man
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge docbook-to-man
Remove docbook-to-man configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove docbook-to-man
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge docbook-to-man
Dependencies
docbook-to-man have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-to-man
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.