How To Install manpages-ja on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install manpages-ja on Kali Linux. manpages-ja is Japanese version of the manual pages (for users)

Introduction

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

What is manpages-ja

manpages-ja is:

This package contains the Linux manual pages translated into Japanese.

For more information, see JM project’s web page:

 https://linuxjm.osdn.jp/

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

sudo apt-get -y install manpages-ja

Install manpages-ja Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install manpages-ja

Install manpages-ja 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-ja using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install manpages-ja

How To Uninstall manpages-ja on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove manpages-ja

Uninstall manpages-ja And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove manpages-ja

Remove manpages-ja Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge manpages-ja

Remove manpages-ja configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge manpages-ja

Dependencies

manpages-ja have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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