installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%

brew install man-db

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsvérifié · 94%

sudo port install man-db

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/man-db/Portfile · Source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%

sudo apk add man-db

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · man-db · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptvérifié · 92%

sudo apt install man-db

Debian stable package indexes · man-db · Source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%

sudo dnf install man-db

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · man-db · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixvérifié · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#man-db

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ma/man-db/package.nix · Source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanvérifié · 92%

sudo pacman -S man-db

Arch Linux sync databases · man-db · Source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%

sudo zypper install man

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · man · Source: download.opensuse.org

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Unix documentation system

Liens du projet

Commandes et alias

accessdb
catman
gaccessdb
gapropos
gcatman
glexgrog
gman
gman-recode
gmandb
gmanpath
gwhatis
lexgrog
mandb

historique

Historique du projet et usages

man-db is an implementation of the standard Unix manual-page system accessed through `man`. Its official homepage describes it as using an indexed database instead of traditional flat-text whatis databases, with utilities such as `man`, `mandb`, `apropos`, and `whatis` around that database.

Historique du projet

The man-db source tree carries copyright lines going back to John W. Eaton in 1990-1991, Graeme W. Wilford, Fabrizio Polacco, and later Colin Watson. The README identifies Colin Watson as current maintainer and points users to the manual for configuration and formatter details.

man-db's development reflects the long transition from historical Unix man-page lookup toward database-backed indexing. Its configuration and cache model track Filesystem Hierarchy Standard paths such as `/usr/share` for manual pages and `/var/cache/man` for cached cat pages, while preserving compatibility with older FSSTND layouts.

Historique d'adoption

The official man-db homepage lists use by several GNU/Linux distributions, including Arch Linux, Debian, Dragora, Fedora, Gentoo, openSUSE, and Ubuntu, and notes that it also compiles and runs on a number of proprietary Unix systems.

In package-manager culture, man-db is one of the packages users notice during installs and upgrades because `mandb` updates the manual-page index. It is infrastructure rather than an application: distributions depend on it to make `man`, `apropos`, and `whatis` fast and searchable.

Modes d'utilisation

`mandb` initializes or manually updates index database caches, and the stored information is used by man-db utilities to improve speed and functionality. `manpath` computes manual search paths using the man-db configuration file and the user's environment.

The upstream documentation points packagers and builders to `./src/man_db.conf` and `man/man5/manpath.5` for configuration details. Installed paths depend on `sysconfdir`, while the upstream `manpath` manual documents `~/.manpath` as the default user configuration for `manpath -C`.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

man-db is important to package nerds because it turns scattered manual pages from every installed package into a searchable local index. Its post-install hooks, cache ownership choices, setuid options, compression support, and path mapping influence how documentation behaves across a whole system.

It is also a classic distribution-integration package: the upstream tarball has defaults, but Linux distributions commonly patch paths or integrate it with package triggers, tmpfiles cleanup, and policy around `/usr/share/man` and `/var/cache/man`.

Chronologie

1990: Early man-db copyright lineage begins with John W. Eaton.
2001: README notes FHS manual roots `/usr/share` and `/var/cache/man` as current defaults for manual and cat hierarchies.
2020: GitLab project creation records the modern GitLab project presence.
2022: NEWS notes the Git repository transfer to https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db.
2025: man-db 2.13.1 was released with formatting, portability, and build fixes.

Related projects

man-db is related to traditional Unix `man`, `apropos`, `whatis`, `catman`, and `makewhatis` implementations.
It also depends on formatter tools such as groff or compatible nroff/troff implementations, and it is often compared with mandoc on systems that can use either as the manual-page viewer/searcher.

Sources

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : vert

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Classificateur de risque

risque vert · confiance faible · appliance

Pourquoi

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signaux

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Comportement d'installation

Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
S’installe avec 2 dépendances d’exécution.
Les métadonnées de compilation listent 1 dépendances de compilation.

Revue recommandée

Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ${sysconfdir}/man_db.conf~/.manpath

exécutables

Exécutables installés

Commande	Type	Exposition
`accessdb`	cli	exécutable global
`catman`	cli	exécutable global
`gaccessdb`	cli	exécutable global
`gapropos`	cli	exécutable global
`gcatman`	cli	exécutable global
`glexgrog`	cli	exécutable global
`gman`	cli	exécutable global
`gman-recode`	cli	exécutable global
`gmandb`	cli	exécutable global
`gmanpath`	cli	exécutable global
`gwhatis`	cli	exécutable global
`lexgrog`	cli	exécutable global
`mandb`	cli	exécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-10

version du gestionnaire2.13.1

gestionnaire mis à jour

données localesOK

amontnot checked

dernière version détectéenon détecté

https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.confiance faible
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/confiance none

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquet	brew:man-db
Version	2.13.1
Gestionnaire de paquets	Homebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquets	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/man-db
Page d'accueil	https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/
Dépôt	https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db
Docs amont	https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db/-/tree/main/manual
Licence	GPL-2.0-or-later
Archive source	https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/man-db/man-db-2.13.1.tar.xz
Dépendances	groff, libpipeline
Dépendances de compilation	pkgconf
Bouteille	disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
post-install Homebrew	non défini
Service	aucun déclaré
Précautions	Commands also provided by macOS have been installed with the prefix "g". If you need to use these commands with their normal names, you can add a "bin" directory to your PATH from your bashrc like: PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/man-db/libexec/bin:$PATH"

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	man-db
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.

Debian apt95%

man-db 2.13.1-1

tools for reading manual pages

https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/

sudo apt install man-db

Section: doc
Architecture: amd64
10 Dépendances
2 fournit
4 dépendances optionnelles
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Man Db

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: man-db from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

man-db

nix profile install nixpkgs#man-db

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Man Db

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/man-db/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

man-db 2.12.0-4build2

tools for reading manual pages

https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/

sudo apt install man-db

Section: doc
Architecture: amd64
10 Dépendances
2 fournit
4 dépendances optionnelles
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Man Db

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: man-db from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

man-db 2.13.1-r1

The man command and related utilities for examining on-line help files

https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/

sudo apk add man-db

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: man-db
1 Dépendances
1 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Man Db

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: man-db from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

man-db-doc 2.13.1-r1

The man command and related utilities for examining on-line help files (documentation)

https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/

sudo apk add man-db-doc

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: man-db
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Man Db

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: man-db-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

man-db-lang 2.13.1-r1

Languages for package man-db

https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/

sudo apk add man-db-lang

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: man-db
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Man Db

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: man-db-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

man-db-systemd 2.13.1-r1

The man command and related utilities for examining on-line help files (systemd files)

https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/

sudo apk add man-db-systemd

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: man-db
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Man Db

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: man-db-systemd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

man-db 2.13.1-3.fc44

Tools for searching and reading man pages

http://www.nongnu.org/man-db/

sudo dnf install man-db

License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: man-db
13 Dépendances
7 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Man Db

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: man-db from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

dnf95%

man-db-cron 2.13.1-3.fc44

Periodic update of man-db cache

http://www.nongnu.org/man-db/

sudo dnf install man-db-cron

License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: man-db
3 Dépendances
2 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Man Db

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: man-db-cron from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

man-db 2.13.1-1

A utility for reading man pages

https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db

sudo pacman -S man-db

License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
8 Dépendances
1 fournit
1 dépendances optionnelles
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Man Db

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: man-db from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

man 2.13.1-7.1

A Program for Displaying man Pages

https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/man-db

sudo zypper install man

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: System/Base
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: man
17 Dépendances
5 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Man Db

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: man from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

man-db

sudo port install man-db

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Man Db

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/man-db/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

graphe de paquets

Les liens viennent du graphe local de relations entre paquets, des suppléments, des dépendances, des correspondances d'écosystèmes et de l'appartenance aux hubs.

piste source

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/man-db.yml

Sources utilisées

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Installer man-db avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Linux

Résumé du paquet

Liens du projet

Commandes et alias

Historique du projet et usages

Historique du projet

Historique d'adoption

Modes d'utilisation

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Chronologie

Related projects

Sources

Niveau de risque : vert

Classificateur de risque

Pourquoi

Signaux

Comportement d'installation

Revue recommandée

Configuration and credential file locations

Configuration files

Exécutables installés

Version et fraîcheur

Métadonnées du paquet

Détails de la base source

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Liens internes de paquets

Hubs thématiques

Outils liés

Même workflow

Guides de sécurité des agents

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

Combined YAML source

Sources utilisées