How To Install manpages-de-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install manpages-de-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. manpages-de-dev is German development manpages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install manpages-de-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is manpages-de-dev

manpages-de-dev is:

This package contains the Linux manual pages translated into German. The following sections are provided:

  • 2 = Linux system calls.
  • 3 = Libc calls (note that a more comprehensive source of information may be found in one of the libc-doc packages).

The English package manpages-dev contains additional manual pages which have not been translated yet.

There are three methods to install manpages-de-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install manpages-de-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install manpages-de-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install manpages-de-dev

Install manpages-de-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install manpages-de-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install manpages-de-dev

Install manpages-de-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install manpages-de-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install manpages-de-dev

How To Uninstall manpages-de-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the manpages-de-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove manpages-de-dev

Uninstall manpages-de-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall manpages-de-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove manpages-de-dev

Remove manpages-de-dev Configurations and Data

To remove manpages-de-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge manpages-de-dev

Remove manpages-de-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove manpages-de-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge manpages-de-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install manpages-de-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.