Re: Base2_0.tgz missing man command.
On Thu, Oct 22, 1998 at 12:04:16PM +0000, Jim wrote:
> Hi. I'm new to the group and to Linux.
>
> I have installed Debian on my 486 laptop from Dos with files from
> ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/
> and have found base2_0.tgz is missing the man executable file.
Of course it is.... man is part of another package and isn't needed there
[sjc@lenny /partners]$dpkg -S `which man`
man-db: /usr/bin/man
get package man-db
> I have downloaded another copy of base2_0.tgz from
> ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/.1/Linux/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17/base2_0.tgz
>
> and found that it too is missing the command files.
>
> I say they are missing because when I install the system the man command
> is not present on the drive. Also, when I unzip the files on my WIn95
> machine Winzip encounters errors and cannot create the output file
> man(because ot's not there).
>
> Does anyone know of a package that includes these files? I have noticed
> a lot of commands are missing which I believe should be in the basic
> install. Also, my /proc directory is full of zero byte files. When I
> ran cat kmsg from /proc/ I noticed that kmsg is a zero byte file ( I do
> have ls -l and vdir) and that there are many zero byte files in this
> directory. Is this normal?
yes...
The base tgz file is NOT the Debian Minimal install...
It is a system with JUST enough files to boot and install the rest of
the system.
You don't need man to install all the rest of the debian packages.
Run dselect and install some packages. Then you will have a useable
system.
BTW I wrote a file which uses the base tgz as a base to make an
X Terminal...I used it BECAUSE it was missing allot of commands and thus
was suitable for such a system.
-Steve
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