Run the following commands to install man: patch -Np1 -i ../man-&man-patch-version;.patch && PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin \     ./configure -default -confdir=/etc && make && make install Note: If you wish to disable SGR escape sequences, you should edit the man.conf file and add the -c argument to nroff. You may want to take a look at the man hint at , which deals with formatting and compression issues for man pages.