How To Install click-man on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install click-man on Ubuntu 22.04. click-man is Generate man pages for click based CLI applications - command (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install click-man on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is click-man

click-man is:

Create man pages for click-based applications based on their help strings.

This package contains the click-man command line interface.

There are three methods to install click-man on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install click-man Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install click-man using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install click-man

Install click-man Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install click-man

Install click-man 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install click-man using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install click-man

How To Uninstall click-man on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the click-man package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove click-man

Uninstall click-man And Its Dependencies

To uninstall click-man and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove click-man

Remove click-man Configurations and Data

To remove click-man configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge click-man

Remove click-man configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge click-man

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install click-man package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.