Package man-db: Information

  • Default inline alert: Version in the repository: 2.12.0-alt1

Source package: man-db
Version: 2.9.0-alt2
Latest version according to Repology
Build time:  Nov 13, 2019, 05:49 PM in the task #240725
Category: System/Base
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License: GPLv2+ and GPLv3+
Summary: Tools for searching and reading man pages
Description: 
The man-db package includes five tools for browsing man-pages:
man, whatis, apropos, manpath and lexgrog. man formats and displays
manual pages. whatis searches the manual page names. apropos searches the
manual page names and descriptions. manpath determines search path
for manual pages. lexgrog directly reads header information in
manual pages.

List of rpms provided by this srpm:
man-db (x86_64, ppc64le, i586, aarch64)
man-db-cron (noarch)
man-db-debuginfo (x86_64, ppc64le, i586, aarch64)

Maintainer: Alexey Gladkov



    1. gettext
    2. gnu-config
    3. groff-base
    4. groff-ps
    5. less
    6. flex
    7. po4a
    8. libpipeline-devel
    9. xz
    10. perl
    11. zlib-devel
    12. gdbm-devel

Last changed


Nov. 13, 2019 Alexey Gladkov 2.9.0-alt2
- The catman sometime needs to execute other utilities.
Nov. 5, 2019 Alexey Gladkov 2.9.0-alt1
- New version (2.9.0).
July 11, 2019 Alexey Gladkov 2.8.5-alt2
- Return patch for e2k.