How To Install rman on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rman on Debian 11.
What is rman
rman is:
PolyglotMan (formerly RosettaMan) is a filter for UNIX manual pages. It takes as input man pages formatted for a variety of UNIX flavors (not [tn]roff source) and produces as output a variety of file formats.
There are three methods to install rman on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rman
Install rman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rman
Install rman 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 rman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rman
How To Uninstall rman on Debian 11
To uninstall only the rman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rman
Uninstall rman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rman
Remove rman Configurations and Data
To remove rman configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rman
Remove rman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rman
Dependencies
rman have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rman package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.