Re: Debian man pages have annoying feature(sic)

[l0f4r0@tuta.io]

Hi,

30 mai 2020 à 13:14 de phb@hbsys.plus.com:

> `sudo apt install popularity-contest`
>
> then read the manual.
>
I think the OP doesn't want to install the package, otherwise there would be no question ;)
I would suggest the following instead:

1) create a directory (a temp one if you prefer):
mkdir popularity-contest-doc && cd popularity-contest-doc

2) download the package:
apt download popularity-contest

3) extract the /usr/share/doc/popularity-contest part (you need to adjust the version package X.YY):
dpkg --fsys-tarfile popularity-contest_X.YY_all.deb | tar x --directory . ./usr/share/doc/popularity-contest

4) read what you want in the usr/share/doc/popularity-contest/ subfolder

Of course, the method indicated by Tomas is great and may be easier than mine (+ doesn't leave Debian package files on your computer).

Best regards,
l0f4r0