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| author | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2001-07-05 01:14:41 +0400 |
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| committer | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2001-07-05 01:14:41 +0400 |
| commit | f215088f81ab3f5b9516757297b03113a00eb491 (patch) | |
| tree | a37c6758b2cbf6951c81ace686372b3b84962297 | |
| parent | 518117ea0f57f80617a1fcbd4ef935c01484152f (diff) | |
Add apropos and /usr/sbin/makewhatis to "Why doesn't man work?" entry.
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo index 415dc749d..1d7cb4431 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo @@ -110,19 +110,28 @@ itself a symbolic link, then find will not traverse it unless you specify the @samp{-follow} option. This behavior is different than most other UNIX implementations, but is not likely to change. -@subsection Why doesn't man work? +@subsection Why doesn't man (or apropos) work? Even after installing the @samp{man} package, you get an error like this: @example - bash-2.03$ man man + bash-2.04$ man man Error executing formatting or display command. System command (cd /usr/man ; (echo -e ".pl 1100i"; cat /usr/man/man1/man.1; echo ".pl \n(nlu+10") | /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/groff -Tascii -mandoc | less -is) exited with status 32512. No manual entry for man @end example You also need /bin/sh, which is found in the @samp{ash} package. -Install this too. +You must install this too. + +In addition, before you can use @samp{man -k} or @samp{apropos}, you +must create the whatis database. Just run the command + +@example + /usr/sbin/makewhatis +@end example + +(it may take a minute to complete). @subsection Why doesn't chmod work? |