How To Install rman on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rman on Kali Linux. rman is PolyglotMan - Reverse compile man pages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rman on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 rman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rman

How To Uninstall rman on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rman

Remove rman Configurations and Data

To remove rman configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.