Information about the package, man-pages-overrides, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The man-pages-overrides package is designed for, Complementary and updated manual pages.
Package Name:
man-pages-overrides
Summary:
Complementary and updated manual pages
Description:
A collection of manual ("man") pages to complement other packages or update those contained therein. Always have the latest version of this package installed.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
6.9.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
1.1 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the man-pages-overrides package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install man-pages-overrides
This command will install man-pages-overrides on the server.
yum remove man-pages-overrides
This command will un-install man-pages-overrides on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove man-pages-overrides, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove man-pages-overrides
This command will un-install man-pages-overrides on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove man-pages-overrides when using the -y flag.
yum update man-pages-overrides
This command will update man-pages-overrides to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove man-pages-overrides, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update man-pages-overrides
This command will update man-pages-overrides to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove man-pages-overrides when using the -y flag.
yum info man-pages-overrides
This command will show you core information about the man-pages-overrides package.
yum deplist man-pages-overrides
This command will show you the dependencies for man-pages-overrides. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update man-pages-overrides
This command will check if there is an update waiting on man-pages-overrides. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.