How To Install Txt2man In Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora And Raspbian?

How To Install Txt2man In Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora And Raspbian?

txt2man

convert flat ASCII text to manpage format

Maintainer: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho



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Install txt2man

  • Debian apt-get install txt2man Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install txt2man Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add txt2man Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S txt2man Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install txt2man Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install txt2man Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install txt2man Click to copy

txt2man

convert flat ASCII text to manpage format

txt2man is program that converts simple texts to manpages easily. The syntax of the ASCII text should looks like the output provided by man(1) program. So, you need write a text file using a visual approach of a manpage and txt2man will convert it. The txt2man(1) manpage is short and sufficient to understand how the program works. A command to extract comments from source code (src2man) and a command to build an indexed volume from a set of manpages (bookman) are also provided by this package. txt2man is very useful for programmers and Debian packaging.

To install the latest version of txt2man in your favorite operating system just copy the txt2man installation command from above and paste it into terminal. It will download and install the latest version of txt2man 2026 package in your OS.