How To Install manpages-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install manpages-dev on Debian 10.
What is manpages-dev
manpages-dev is:
These man pages describe the Linux programming interface, including these two sections: 2 = Linux system calls. 3 = Library calls (note that a more comprehensive source of information may be found in the glibc-doc and glibc-doc-reference packages).
There are three methods to install manpages-dev on Debian 10. 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-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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install manpages-dev
Install manpages-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install manpages-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install manpages-dev
Install manpages-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install manpages-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install manpages-dev
How To Uninstall manpages-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the manpages-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove manpages-dev
Uninstall manpages-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall manpages-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove manpages-dev
Remove manpages-dev Configurations and Data
To remove manpages-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge manpages-dev
Remove manpages-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove manpages-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge manpages-dev
Dependencies
manpages-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install manpages-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.