Greg Madden wrote:
On Saturday 05 January 2013 08:19:31 you wrote:When I've wanted to look at a man page for an uninstalled package I've used http://manpages.debian.net . It would more convenient to have *ALL* pages available locally. Are they available to download as a set somewhere on the web? [I use squeeze.] I have copied all the .deb files from the 8 DVD install set to a USB drive. How could I extract all the man pages? TIACheck out 'dwww'
To clarify my motivation:1. divorce myself {as much as possible} from the web - I'm on dial-up. 2. access all man pages {whether or not package installed} using the man command.
I've also thought of another possible use for having copy of all man pages available locally. Create a personalized keyword search index.