On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 09:41:38AM -0800, icewind wrote: > Hello, > > I installed the lastest stable release of debain over > the network, installing a minimal number of packages. > > Shouldn't 'man' be part of the base install? When I > type man, the system doesnt find anything. I believe it *is* part of the base install. But as far as I know, no packages depend on it being installed. Not all systems want man-pages. When you say "a minimal number of packages", are you sure that you didn't de-select the "man-db" package? This would be the one containing the "man" command. > How can I determine if man is installed and see if all > of the things that man depends on are installed as > well? $ dpkg --status man-db and $ dpkg --list man-db > Thanks. > Hope this helps. > Do You Yahoo!? No I don't. > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Why on earth would i want to do that? -- Karl E. Jørgensen karl@jorgensen.com www.karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success -- Dennis M. Ritchie
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