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Old 06-13-2006, 11:50 AM   #1
Hondro
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"man" command do not works


Hi i have installed slack 10.2 with 1CD only. And "man" command do not work (no help). Can somebody say how to fix it (maybe it is in one of the *.tgz is 1CD, but i did not find it).

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Old 06-13-2006, 11:57 AM   #2
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what is the output of "ls /var/log/packages/man*" ?
if there's nothing, install the packages "/man-1.5p-i486-1" and "man-pages-1.64-noarch-1"
from the cd

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Old 06-13-2006, 01:58 PM   #3
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If you installed man (and the man pages) and get an error, you might need to instal tetex from the 't' directory:

Quote:
tetex: tetex (teTeX binaries and support files)
tetex:
tetex: This package contains the binaries and support files required for the
tetex: teTeX TeX distribution, such as input files for TeX, runtime
tetex: configuration files, hyphenation tables, manpages, and the computer
tetex: modern fonts.
regards,
...drkstr
 
Old 06-14-2006, 05:10 AM   #4
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Probably you would also need groff for man to work correctly.
 
  


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