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man-db

Tools for searching and reading man pages

About man-db

Tools for searching and reading man pages

This project links 4 native package records across 2 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

These are catalog observations, not a guarantee of installation, compatibility, or upstream support.

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Project pictures and package coverage

Fedora 43: 2 package records; Fedora 44: 2 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.man-db: recorded package coverageFedora 432 recordsFedora 442 records
OpenFactory diagram of linked package records. It is not an application screenshot.

Project identity

Project
man-db
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
4
Operating systems
fedora-43, fedora-44
License expression
GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later
Metadata completeness
100/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
Visit upstream site
Source repository
Not reported

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

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.

Description source

Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Fedora 43

  1. man-db

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source man-db

    2.13.1-2.fc43

    Tools for searching and reading man pages

    aarch64x86_6443
  2. man-db-cron

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source man-db

    2.13.1-2.fc43

    Periodic update of man-db cache

    noarch43

Fedora 44

  1. man-db

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source man-db

    2.13.1-3.fc44

    Tools for searching and reading man pages

    aarch64x86_6444
  2. man-db-cron

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source man-db

    2.13.1-3.fc44

    Periodic update of man-db cache

    noarch44

Project resources and further reading

Mapping provenance

Only source-backed identity signals create public cross-OS links. A reviewer can later approve or dispute an inferred relationship without rewriting native package history.

No field-level source record is published yet.