Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

[Richard Owlett <rcowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 04/07/2022 11:59 AM, Linux-Fan wrote:
> Richard Owlett writes:
>
> > On 04/07/2022 10:22 AM, Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
> > > On 4/7/22, Richard Owlett <rcowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> > > > I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for
> > > > *OFFLINE* use.
> > > >
> > > > The HTML links on 
> > > > [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual]
> > > > lead *ONLY* to Page 1.
> > > >
> > > > Is the complete document downloadable as a single HTML file?
> > >
> > >
> > > Have you seen the "installation-guide-amd64" package in Debian's
> > > repositories?
> >
> > Thank you.
> > No, I hadn't. The machine I'm currently on is running Debian 9.13 [I'm 
> > prepping to do a install of 11.3 to another machine].
> > I found it listed in Synaptic and installed it. It does not appear in 
> > any of MATE's menus and I can't reboot until later today.
> >
> > Do you know in which sub-directory I might find it?
>
> Try /usr/share/doc/installation-guide-amd64/en/index.html as the entry 
> point.
>
> An easy way to find out about a package's files after installation is
> `dpkg -L <packagename>`, e.g. in this case:
>
>      $ dpkg -L installation-guide-amd64
>
> Btw. the guide in the package is then not a single HTML file but 
> multiple files (in case it matters...)

My hard requirement was that it was accessible while off-line.
That it is in multiple files might make one of day-dream projects feasible.

Thank you.

> HTH
> Linux-Fan
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