Less Installation On A Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS

Less Installation On A Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS

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Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
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Website: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/
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Install less

  • Debian apt-get install less Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install less Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add less Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S less Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install less Click to copy
  • CentOS yum install less Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install less Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install less Click to copy
  • macOS brew install less Click to copy

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How to use less?

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

Open a file:
less source_fileClick to copyPage down / up:
<Space> (down), b (up)Click to copyGo to end / start of file:
G (end), g (start)Click to copyForward search for a string (press `n`/`N` to go to next/previous match):
/somethingClick to copyBackward search for a string (press `n`/`N` to go to next/previous match):
?somethingClick to copyFollow the output of the currently opened file:
FClick to copyOpen the current file in an editor:
vClick to copyExit:
qClick to copy
To install the latest version of less in your favorite operating system just copy the less installation command from above and paste it into terminal. It will download and install the latest version of less 2026 package in your OS.