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Re: can't get man pages to work



>
> I don't think /usr/bin/pager is installed by man-db. It is a symlink to
> /etc/alternatives/pager. Does
>
> ln -s /etc/alternatives/pager /usr/bin/pager
>
> solve the problem?
YES!! Thank you!  

My only other question is how did this break during my install? No big deal, 
I guess. 

BTW, I've got an iMac 333 mhz, the serial number says imac BB 333 along with 
the other specs...

Russell
> The update-alternatives program belongs to dpkg, which is installed as
> part of the base system. Some of the other symlinks that might be present
> are:
>
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 Feb 24 21:51 awk ->
> /etc/alternatives/awk lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 Feb 24
> 22:24 b2m -> /etc/alternatives/b2m lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root          
> 21 Feb 24 22:22 c++ -> /etc/alternatives/c++ lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root 
>          20 Feb 24 22:22 cc -> /etc/alternatives/cc lrwxrwxrwx    1 root   
>  root           23 Feb 24 22:24 ctags -> /etc/alternatives/ctags lrwxrwxrwx
>    1 root     root           24 Feb 24 21:52 editor ->
> /etc/alternatives/editor lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           23 Feb 24
> 22:24 etags -> /etc/alternatives/etags lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root       
>    20 Feb 24 21:53 ex -> /etc/alternatives/ex lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root
>           21 Feb 24 22:19 ftp -> /etc/alternatives/ftp lrwxrwxrwx    1 root
>     root           27 Feb 24 22:25 gconftool -> /etc/alternatives/gconftool
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Feb 24 22:23 gs ->
> /etc/alternatives/gs lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           29 Feb 24
> 21:52 infobrowser -> /etc/alternatives/infobrowser lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    
> root           25 Mar  9 13:10 mozilla -> /etc/alternatives/mozilla
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           29 Mar  9 13:10 mozilla-bin ->
> /etc/alternatives/mozilla-bin lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           22
> Feb 24 21:51 nawk -> /etc/alternatives/nawk lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root  
>         27 Feb 24 22:23 oxdvi.bin -> /etc/alternatives/oxdvi.bin lrwxrwxrwx
>    1 root     root           23 Feb 24 21:52 pager ->
> /etc/alternatives/pager lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 Feb 24
> 22:22 rcp -> /etc/alternatives/rcp lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root          
> 29 Feb 24 22:24 rcs-checkin -> /etc/alternatives/rcs-checkin lrwxrwxrwx   
> 1 root     root           24 Feb 24 22:22 rlogin ->
> /etc/alternatives/rlogin lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 Feb 24
> 22:22 rsh -> /etc/alternatives/rsh lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root          
> 22 Feb 24 22:26 talk -> /etc/alternatives/talk lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    
> root           23 Mar  1 20:42 tclsh -> /etc/alternatives/tclsh lrwxrwxrwx 
>   1 root     root           24 Feb 24 21:53 telnet ->
> /etc/alternatives/telnet lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Feb 24
> 21:53 vi -> /etc/alternatives/vi lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           22
> Feb 24 21:53 view -> /etc/alternatives/view lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root  
>         19 Feb 24 21:52 w -> /etc/alternatives/w lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    
> root           22 Mar  1 20:42 wish -> /etc/alternatives/wish lrwxrwxrwx   
> 1 root     root           35 Feb 24 22:25 x-session-manager ->
> /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root          
> 37 Feb 24 22:25 x-terminal-emulator ->
> /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root        
>   34 Mar  2 17:51 x-window-manager -> /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           26 Feb 24 22:23 xdvi.bin ->
> /etc/alternatives/xdvi.bin lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           31 Mar 
> 7 21:01 xmlproc_parse -> /etc/alternatives/xmlproc_parse lrwxrwxrwx    1
> root     root           29 Mar  7 21:01 xmlproc_val ->
> /etc/alternatives/xmlproc_val lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           22
> Feb 24 22:19 yacc -> /etc/alternatives/yacc
>
> Do you see some of those?



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