Re: 'man'

[<aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu>(Alex Yukhimets)]

> I just installed Debian for the first time (Install was very easy and
> went well).  So far I've only installed the base system (rescue,
> driver, bases 1 through 5)  It seems to be working quite well and I'll
> start adding some packages soon but I have one concern.  I can not use
> 'man'.  I always need help when it comes to using various commands.
> When I type 'man' and the name of a command like df or something it
> says unknown command.  Do you think there's a problem with my install?
>  Do I need to install a package in order to get the manual command? 
> Any suggestions you have would be greatly appriciated.

No problem with your install. "man" is just not a part of the base
installation. Fire up dselect and select man-db package (and everything it
depends on - quite a few actually).

ALex Y.

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