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Add apropos and /usr/sbin/makewhatis to "Why doesn't man work?" entry.

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David Starks-Browning 2001-07-04 21:14:41 +00:00
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@ -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?