Re: Debian man pages have annoying feature(sic)

[Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com>]

On 6/1/20 6:02 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:

> On
>       06/01/2020 04:02 PM, Ralph Katz wrote:
>       
> > On 5/30/20 3:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >         
> >         ...
> >         
> > > *PROBLEM*
> > >           
> > >           As package is not installed, that directory does *NOT* exist.
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           Where to find required documentation on the web?
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           NOTE BENE
> > >           
> > >           This post is about man pages as a class.
> > >           
> > >           
> > >         
> >         
> >         apt show debian-goodies
> >         
> >         ...
> >         
> >         debman     - Easily view man pages from a binary .deb without
> >         extracting
> >         
> >                         [man, apt* (via debget)]
> >         
> >         
> >         So...  ~$ dman packagename   # will fetch the manpages as though
> >         they
> >         
> >         were local.
> >         
> >         
> >         Regards,
> >         
> >         Ralph
> >         
> >       
>       
>       
>       Thank you. Looks interesting.
>       
>       1st didn't work even after installing debian-goodies.
>       
>       Suspect operator. Leaving now. will pursue in morning

Try the online manuals at https://manpages.debian.org/ .

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...Bob