How To Install man-pages-overrides on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install man-pages-overrides in AlmaLinux 8. man-pages-overrides is Complementary and updated manual pages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install man-pages-overrides on AlmaLinux 8.

What is man-pages-overrides

A collection of manual (“man”) pages to complement other packages or update those contained therein. Always have the latest version of this package installed.

We can use yum or dnf to install man-pages-overrides on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install man-pages-overrides.

Install man-pages-overrides on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install man-pages-overrides using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install man-pages-overrides

Install man-pages-overrides on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install man-pages-overrides using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install man-pages-overrides

How To Uninstall man-pages-overrides on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the man-pages-overrides package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove man-pages-overrides

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install man-pages-overrides on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.