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| Man-db |
| Component programs | man,mandb,manpath,whatis,apropos,zsoelim,accessdb,catman + |
|---|---|
| Computer languages | C,Perl,lex + |
| Full description | This package provides the man command. Thi … This package provides the man command. This utility is the primary way of examining the on-line help files (manual pages). Other utilities provided include the whatis and apropos commands for searching the manual page database, the manpath utility for determining the manual page search path, and the maintenance utilities mandb, catman, and zsoelim. This package uses the groff suite of programs to format and display the manual pages. ms to format and display the manual pages. |
| Homepage URL | http://www.nongnu.org/man-db/ + |
| Interface | command-line + |
| Is GNU | false + |
| Keywords | database + , man + , manpage + , browser + , groff + , man-db + , mandb + |
| Last review by | Colin Watson + |
| Last review date | 19 February 2010 + |
| License | GPLv2 + , GPLv3orlater + |
| License verified by | Kelly Hopkins + |
| License verified date | 19 February 2010 + |
| Name | Man-db + |
| Prerequisite description | groff + , Perl + , libdb2-dev + |
| Prerequisite kind | Required to use + , Required to build + , Weak prerequisite + |
| Real name | Colin Watson + |
| Resource URL | http://mirrors.igsobe.com/nongnu/man-db/ + , http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cjwatson/man-db/trunk/ + , http://bzr.savannah.nongnu.org/r/man-db/trunk/ + , mailto:man-db-announce@nongnu.org + , http://bugs.debian.org/man-db + |
| Resource audience | Developer + , Help + , Bug Tracking + |
| Resource kind | Download + , VCS Repository Webview + , E-mail + , Bug Tracking + |
| Revisionid | 5,458 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 12 April 2011 14:43:14 + |
| Revisionuser | WikiSysop + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Short description | Reference manual page database and browser + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| Text-creation | documentation-tool + |
| Use | text-creation + |
| User level | intermediate + |
| VCS checkout command | bzr get http://bzr.savannah.nongnu.org/r/man-db/trunk/ + |
| Version comment | current prerequisites: GDBM or Berkeley DB |
| Version date | 16 February 2010 + |
| Version download | http://mirrors.igsobe.com/nongnu/man-db/man-db-2.5.7.tar.gz + |
| Version identifier | 2.5.7 + |
| Version status | stable + |
| Works-with | text + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 25 May 2012 01:41:14 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | cjwatson@debian.org + |
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| Man-db#7 + , Man-db#8 + | License of |
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| Man-db#2 + , Man-db#3 + , Man-db#4 + , Man-db#5 + , Man-db#6 + | Resource of |
| Man-db#10 + , Man-db#11 + , Man-db#9 + | Software prerequisite of |
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