Re: where's man ??

["Susan G. Kleinmann" <sgk@sgk.tiac.net>]

> 
> I just installed Debian 1.1 and I logged on as root. First thing I notice,
> there are no editors installed. Not one. You would think this would be a
> "required" thing... 

'ae' comes with the base installation, because it is small and can
be used by anyone instantly.  No traning required.

Now that you have the base packages installed, you'll probably want
to fetch one of the more heavy-duty editors in section "editors".

> another thing... 'man' doesn't seem to exist! Logged in as root, typing
> 'man man' gives "command not found" -- and it's not in /usr/bin.
The man package is in section "doc".  You'll also need to install
the manpages (in English, German (man-NNN-de), and Spanish (man-NNN-es)).
Some programs don't have manpages though, so for information on them,
you'll need to install the info package.  I'd also recommend doc-debian
and doc-linux.  All these packages are in section "doc".

Good luck,
Susan Kleinmann