Information about the package, man, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The man package is designed for, A set of documentation tools: man, apropos and whatis.
Package Name:
man
Summary:
A set of documentation tools: man, apropos and whatis
Description:
The man package includes three tools for finding information and/or documentation about your Linux system: man, apropos, and whatis. The man system formats and displays on-line manual pages about commands or functions on your system. Apropos searches the whatis database (containing short descriptions of system commands) for a string. Whatis searches its own database for a complete word. The man package should be installed on your system because it is the primary way to find documentation on a Linux system.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.6f
Release:
39.el6
Size:
389 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the man package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install man
This command will install man on the server.
yum remove man
This command will un-install man on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove man, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove man
This command will un-install man 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update man
This command will update man to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove man, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update man
This command will update man 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info man
This command will show you core information about the man package.
yum deplist man
This command will show you the dependencies for man. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on man. 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.