How To Install manpages-nl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install manpages-nl on Debian 12.
What is manpages-nl
manpages-nl is:
This package contains manual pages translated into Dutch, originating from a large number of projects which do not ship translated man pages themselves, including the traditional Linux manpages. The exact projects and man pages might change from release to release, so please look at the actually shipped files for the current set.
The following sections are included:
- 1 = User programs (e.g. ls, ln)
- 4 = Devices (e.g. hd, sd).
- 5 = File formats and protocols, syntaxes of several system files (e.g. wtmp, /etc/passwd, nfs).
- 6 = Games etc.
- 7 = Conventions and standards, macro packages, etc. (e.g. nroff, ascii).
- 8 = System administration commands.
The original (software) packages contain additional manual pages which have not been translated yet.
There are three methods to install manpages-nl on Debian 12. 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-nl 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-nl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install manpages-nl
Install manpages-nl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install manpages-nl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install manpages-nl
Install manpages-nl 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-nl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install manpages-nl
How To Uninstall manpages-nl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the manpages-nl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove manpages-nl
Uninstall manpages-nl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall manpages-nl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove manpages-nl
Remove manpages-nl Configurations and Data
To remove manpages-nl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge manpages-nl
Remove manpages-nl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove manpages-nl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge manpages-nl
Dependencies
manpages-nl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install manpages-nl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
