man-db

Install command:
brew install man-db

Unix documentation system

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

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/man-db.json

Formula code: man-db.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
macOS on
Intel
sonoma ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 2.13.1

Depends on:

groff 1.24.1 GNU troff text-formatting system
libpipeline 1.5.8 C library for manipulating pipelines of subprocesses

Depends on when building from source:

pkgconf 3.0.7 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

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

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"

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