How To Install man-db on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install man-db on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install man-db.
Install man-db on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install man-db using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install man-db
Install man-db on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install man-db using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install man-db
How To Uninstall man-db on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the man-db package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove man-db
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install man-db on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
