[samba] installing man pages

ninmonkeys · 11-19-2004, 06:40 PM

( Edit: Actually, I found out the dirs bin, sbin, man, etc where all installed to incorrect directories. I think the solution to my problem is to use --prefix=/usr/local but I'm not sure. )

I'm in the middle of installing samba. I did

Code:

# ./configure
# make
# make install

But it appears as if the man pages are missing.

Code:

$ man testparm
No manual entry for testparm

I found the man pages, They work If I do

Code:

 man -M /usr/local/samba/man/ testparm

So should I

1) copy/move the manuals to /usr/local/man/manX or should I
2) edit /usr/local/man or
3) go to the source dir and do this?

Code:

# make uninstall
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
# make
# make install

4) You have a better suggestion ?

(I have Slackware 10 if it matters)

thanks,
--monkey

jschiwal · 11-19-2004, 07:09 PM

You could edit the /etc/manpath.config file. If your system has a mandb command, you may want to rerun it, although that may be done automatically.

Check the man man page to verify this on your own system. I've noticed a change in the man command options after upgrading to a 'x86_64' system. My favorite option -Tdvi is gone!

ninmonkeys · 11-19-2004, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jschiwal
My favorite option -Tdvi is gone!

What was that for? If you mean a flag for man, the only one I have ("$ man man") is "-d Don't actually display the man pages, but do print gobs of debugging information."