How To Install manpages-fr-extra on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install manpages-fr-extra on Kali Linux. manpages-fr-extra is French version of the manual pages (transitional dummy package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install manpages-fr-extra on Kali Linux.

What is manpages-fr-extra

manpages-fr-extra is:

This is a transitional package. You can safely remove it.

There are three methods to install manpages-fr-extra 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 manpages-fr-extra 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-fr-extra using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install manpages-fr-extra

Install manpages-fr-extra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install manpages-fr-extra

Install manpages-fr-extra 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 manpages-fr-extra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install manpages-fr-extra

How To Uninstall manpages-fr-extra on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the manpages-fr-extra package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove manpages-fr-extra

Uninstall manpages-fr-extra And Its Dependencies

To uninstall manpages-fr-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove manpages-fr-extra

Remove manpages-fr-extra Configurations and Data

To remove manpages-fr-extra configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge manpages-fr-extra

Remove manpages-fr-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge manpages-fr-extra

Dependencies

manpages-fr-extra have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install manpages-fr-extra package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.