Re: Please help with command "man"
Try apt-get update before you try to install man.
Ron Rademaker
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, A. Tuazon wrote:
> 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 !
>
>
> at
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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
>
>
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