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Disable man-db installation
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Remove the man-db package

sudo apt remove man-db --purge

Remove mandb directories

sudo rm -rf /usr/share/locale/
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/man/
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/doc/

create a file /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/01_nodoc with below content.

# Delete locales
path-exclude=/usr/share/locale/*

# Delete man pages
path-exclude=/usr/share/man/*

# Delete docs
path-exclude=/usr/share/doc/*
path-include=/usr/share/doc/*/copyright
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