# Install cppman with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix

C++ 98/11/14/17/20 manual pages from cplusplus.com and cppreference.com. Version 0.6.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install cppman.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cppman
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cppman
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install cppman
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/cppman/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install cppman
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: cppman from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#cppman
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cp/cppman/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cppman
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.6.3
- **Source summary:** C++ 98/11/14/17/20 manual pages from cplusplus.com and cppreference.com
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/aitjcize/cppman>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-02T01:55:35+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cppman (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.6.3
## Project history and usage

cppman provides C++ manual pages for Unix-like systems, sourcing reference material from cplusplus.com and cppreference.com.

### Project history

The upstream README notes that the project was renamed from manpages-cpp to cppman on September 19, 2012. It presents cppman as a command-line interface for C++ reference pages with a man-like workflow.

### Adoption history

Upstream documents installation through PyPI, Arch Linux AUR, Debian and Ubuntu, Homebrew, and MacPorts, showing broad package-manager adoption for a small documentation utility.

### How it is used

cppman supports cplusplus.com and cppreference.com backends, syntax highlighting, hyperlink navigation in vim pager mode, and an option to expose cached pages to the system man command.

### Why package nerds care

cppman appeals to package users because it turns web-first C++ references into local terminal documentation, a familiar Unix packaging pattern for developers who want offline or shell-native lookup.

### Timeline

- 2012-09-19: manpages-cpp was renamed to cppman.
- Current packaging: Upstream README documents PyPI, AUR, Debian/Ubuntu, Homebrew, and MacPorts installation paths.

### Related projects

- The tool depends on cplusplus.com and cppreference.com as content backends and is conceptually related to the system man command.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/aitjcize/cppman#readme>
- <https://pypi.org/project/cppman/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - cppman - 0.5.7+dfsg-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cppman from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C++ 98/11 manual pages for Linux, with source from cplusplus.com | https://github.com/aitjcize/cppman/
- Nix - cppman: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cp/cppman/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - cppman - 0.5.6+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cppman from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C++ 98/11 manual pages for Linux, with source from cplusplus.com | https://github.com/aitjcize/cppman/
- MacPorts - cppman: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/cppman/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cppman.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/cppman.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph