How do I... (2)

[gubder]

Do I need to compile my kernel? I still can't find 'man'. When I use 'find', how far will it look? Will compiling help these problems? If not, how do I get 'man' to work (boy, that sounds really dumb!)? I'd sure like to change my tag line... :rolleyes:

[Marcel2008]

To get man to work:
type this in the console:
"man mc"
mc = midnight commander
Here you have the manual to midnight commander. So if you want to see another manual replace the mc with the program name.

Recompiling the kernel is not needed. It's for fine-tuning / configuring your system.

[gubder]

Originally posted by Marcel2008:
To get man to work:
type this in the console:
"man mc"
mc = midnight commander


When I type 'man' at the command line I get a message from bash --
bash: man: file not found

or something quite similar. I seem to not have 'man' in my system...

I was wondering what I would have to do to get it on my system and get it installed, etc. :confused:

[quandary]

Since you're using Debian, once you get your internet connection working, you can just type apt-get install man-db to get it set up.

[DMR]

Have you searched your system for the man command with "find / -name man" (as root)? That will search for man, starting in your root dir and then all dirs under root. You'll probably get a number of listings, but most of them will be man page directories. In Redhat, the program itself lives in /usr/bin.
BTW- if, for some reason, the directory in which the man command resides is not in your path, you'll get an "unknown command" or "command not found" error.

[ 02 April 2001: Message edited by: DMR ]

[gubder]

Originally posted by quandary:
Since you're using Debian, once you get your internet connection working, you can just type apt-get install man-db to get it set up.

This is another project... I assumed that I wouldn't have too much trouble getting my DSL up and would be able to get whatever I needed. Now I find that I don't have enough know-how to even use the command line effectivly. I've read everything I can find about ethernet/DSL and I'm still a bit ignorant of what is needed. I figure if I can get all my docs in a row... :D

[gubder]

Originally posted by DMR:
Have you searched your system for the man command with "find / -name man" (as root)?

[ 02 April 2001: Message edited by: DMR ]

No... I'll give it a shot. Thanks

[gubder]

Originally posted by DMR:
Have you searched your system for the man command with "find / -name man" (as root)? That will search for man, starting in your root dir and then all dirs under root. You'll probably get a number of listings, but most of them will be man page directories. In Redhat, the program itself lives in /usr/bin.
BTW- if, for some reason, the directory in which the man command resides is not in your path, you'll get an "unknown command" or "command not found" error.

[ 02 April 2001: Message edited by: DMR ]

Ok... I ran the above command from root. I got 3 returns.

/usr/share/man
/usr/man
/usr/local/man

All three are dirs. Each has files ie. 'man(1)', etc. Also, it seems these files are a bit redundant (having them in more than one place). Looks like I need to get the package and install it. I'll go back to Debian and see what I can see. Thanks.

[bdg1983]

. When I use 'find', how far will it look?

It will look as far as you tell it to. A single directory or the entire filesystem.

See 'man find'. ;)

Seems you may have the man pages installed, but not the actual command.

[gubder]

Originally posted by mdwatts:
It will look as far as you tell it to. A single directory or the entire filesystem.

See 'man find'. ;)

Seems you may have the man pages installed, but not the actual command.

That is correct. I seem to have many manpages but not the command itself. I don't know how to get it installed.

[Aikidoka]

that's real weird. So you are saying for example when you type, man apt the manual page for apt doesn't come up? I'm trying to figure out what's happening. It looks like man is installed but maybe /usr/local/ is not in your path (which doesn't sound right either).

[quandary]

If you just did a minimal install from floppies (which I think you mentioned you did), that might explain why a lot of things are missing from your system. Once you get your DSL set up you should be able to add everything that's missing (like man).

[gubder]

Originally posted by quandary:
If you just did a minimal install from floppies (which I think you mentioned you did), that might explain why a lot of things are missing from your system. Once you get your DSL set up you should be able to add everything that's missing (like man).

That seems to be it... Catch22
I don't know enough about linux to install my dsl and I can't read about it. I've found the driver program for my kingston card but I don't know how to plug all this in and make it work. I've read about some frontends that make life easier (gnome, etc.) Don't know how to make them work. If I can get the DSL or MAN working then I think I can get the rest going. :confused:

[gubder]

Originally posted by Aikidoka:
that's real weird. So you are saying for example when you type, man apt the manual page for apt doesn't come up? I'm trying to figure out what's happening. It looks like man is installed but maybe /usr/local/ is not in your path (which doesn't sound right either).

See the following post in this thread...
:eek: