Please help with command "man"

["A. Tuazon" <arnetuaz@enoreo.on.ca>]

Hi, I'm a Linux newbie using version 2.2 of Debian GNU/Linux on an old 486
with 16megs of ram and 268 megs of HD space.  I just installed Linux and
read the tutorial found on-line at the Debian web site.  While reading
through the tutorial I came across the command "man" and it said to try the
command "man -k Postscript" as a demonstration.  I typed in the command and
I got the message " bash : man : command not found ".  I went on IRC to the
debian channel and the people there told me to go to logon root and type the
command "apt-get install man" or "apt-get install man-db" either one
resulted in an error message : " E: couldn't find package man ".


Could someone please help me and tell me how do I get the "man" command
working or installed into my system.  Thank you !


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P.S. I checked the /usr directory and I did find the directory of /man there
as well as the subdirectories of /man : /man1 , /man5, and /man8.  These
three directories had filed that ended in .gz

Any help would be appreciated.

thanks again