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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