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man pages
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Thu Aug 16, 2001 5:28 amby gurple
Am I just a moron or do none of the pkgs that I just installed come with their man pages? I'd really like the man pages to install with the rest of the pkg.
installed: ncurses, mpg123, nmap, ntop, pine, and screen
minus man pages [img]images/icons/frown.gif"%20border="0[/img]
gurple
Re: man pages
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Thu Aug 16, 2001 5:58 amby jasont
might want to type env and make sure you have
MANPATH=~/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man
Re: man pages
Posted:
Thu Aug 16, 2001 6:15 amby apex
or for the lazy, but inefficient people out ther (me) do: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">code:</font><HR><pre>man -M /usr/local/man <application></pre>[/quote]
Re: man pages
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Fri Aug 17, 2001 5:23 amby gurple
jasont, I was looking for a way to add /usr/local/man to my environment. I just can't seem to figure out how to use setenv to add it in tcsh. Might you help me out with the syntax, please?
gurple
Re: man pages
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Fri Aug 17, 2001 5:46 amby gurple
Actually I solved it globally by editing /usr/share/init/tcsh/login
Thanks for your help guys!
gurp
Re: man pages
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Fri Aug 17, 2001 7:09 amby jasont
The files might not be manfiles. See <A HREF="http://macosx.forked.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000005" TARGET=_blank>http://macosx.forked.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000005</A>
If that link doesn't work just go to compilation problems and read Documentation 101.
Re: man pages
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Mon Aug 20, 2001 11:15 amby bartX
Originally posted by gurple:
Actually I solved it globally by editing /usr/share/init/tcsh/login
Thanks for your help guys!
gurp
Ouch... I tell you this in the nicest possible way: "WHAT DID YOU DO?" Please don't change any of those default settings, please. It's not the way a *n?x system should be customised. If you really want to use those long-url-solutions, add a directory ~/Library/init/tcsh/, put a login file in there and knock yourself out editing it.
[ August 20, 2001: Message edited by: bartX ]
Re: man pages
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Mon Aug 27, 2001 5:57 amby gurple
But I don't want to have to have each user on my system have to do this. I want this to be a default setting for all. What is it that is so wrong about adding this to the search path? I'd prefer you give me reasons that this is a bad practice in addition to the alternate solution rather than just telling me that you know oh so much better. We already know that I'm behind the knowledge curve as indicated by my initial posting.
gurp