How To Install Man On Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora And Raspbian?

man

Format and display manual pages.

Maintainer: Colin Watson

Email: [email protected] .

Website: http://man-db.nongnu.org/

Section: doc

Install man

Debian apt-get install man-db Click to copy
Ubuntu apt-get install man-db Click to copy
Alpine OS apk add man Click to copy
Arch Linux pacman -S man-db Click to copy
Kali Linux apt-get install man-db Click to copy
CentOS yum install man Click to copy
Fedora dnf install man-db Click to copy
Raspbian apt-get install man-db Click to copy

Format and display manual pages.

How to use man?

Below are few example commands for man that you can use in the terminal.

Display man page for a command:
man commandClick to copyDisplay man page for a command from section 7:
man command.7Click to copyDisplay path searched for manpages:
man --pathClick to copyDisplay location of a manpage rather than the manpage itself:
man -w commandClick to copyDo a keyword search for manpages containing a search string:
man -k keywordClick to copy

Installing man command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora and Raspbian operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of man 2026 package in your OS.