Re: Unidentified subject!
On 06/11/98 at 07:16 PM, Ed Cogburn <ecogburn@greene.xtn.net> said:
>forest wrote:
>>
>> I've installed Debian 1.3 but can't run many commands, including man. Why?
>>
> You need to tell us what error messages the system says when you try
>to run these commands. IIRC, the manpages and man-db packages are not
>by default installed unless you select them (Can somebody who has
>recently installed bo confirm this?). Try running 'dpkg --status
>man-db'. If it says 'not installed' on the 'Status' line then you
>haven't installed it. If man-db is installed, then let us see what the
>error messages are (from the man command).
Well, you know the answer.... it depends. If installed from
floppies(and the rest of the distribution isn't available), a bunch is
left out(that is the status on my dx4-100). If installed from CD,
dselect runs after the reboot with the manpages selected for install.
George
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A computer virus can be said to either 1) trash your hard drive, 2) lock
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Sounds like windows to me.
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