How To Install manpages-posix on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is manpages-posix

manpages-posix is:

This package contains manual pages for POSIX utilities and keeps them in section 1 (with 1posix extension) of the on-line manual.

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

sudo apt-get -y install manpages-posix

Install manpages-posix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install manpages-posix

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

sudo aptitude -y install manpages-posix

How To Uninstall manpages-posix on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove manpages-posix

Uninstall manpages-posix And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove manpages-posix

Remove manpages-posix Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge manpages-posix

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

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

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

Dependencies

manpages-posix have the following dependencies:

References

• manpages-posix website

Summary

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