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|Full description=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.
 
|Full description=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.
 
|User level=intermediate
 
|User level=intermediate
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|Status=Live
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|Component programs=man,mandb,manpath,whatis,apropos,zsoelim,accessdb,catman
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|Homepage URL=http://www.nongnu.org/man-db/
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|VCS checkout command=bzr get http://bzr.savannah.nongnu.org/r/man-db/trunk/
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|Computer languages=C,Perl,lex
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|Documentation note=
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|Paid support=
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|IRC help=
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|IRC general=
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|IRC development=
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|Related projects=
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|Keywords=database,man,manpage,browser,groff,man-db,mandb
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|Is GNU=n
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|Last review by=Colin Watson
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|Last review date=2010-02-19
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
|Version identifier=2.3.20
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|Version identifier=2.5.7
|Version date=2001-09-07
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|Version date=2010-02-16
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
|Version download=http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/man-db/man-db/src/
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|Version download=http://mirrors.igsobe.com/nongnu/man-db/man-db-2.5.7.tar.gz
|License verified date=2001-01-31
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|License verified date=2010-02-19
|Version comment=2.3.20 released 2001-09-07
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|Version comment=current prerequisites: GDBM or Berkeley DB
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}}
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{{Person
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|Role=Maintainer
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|Real name=Colin Watson
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|Email=cjwatson@debian.org
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|Resource URL=
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=Download
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|Resource URL=http://mirrors.igsobe.com/nongnu/man-db/
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
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|Resource URL=http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cjwatson/man-db/trunk/
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
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|Resource URL=http://bzr.savannah.nongnu.org/r/man-db/trunk/
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Help
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|Resource kind=E-mail
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|Resource URL=mailto:man-db-announce@nongnu.org
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Bug Tracking
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|Resource kind=Bug Tracking
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|Resource URL=http://bugs.debian.org/man-db
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Software category
 
{{Software category
 
|Interface=command-line
 
|Interface=command-line
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|Text-creation=documentation-tool
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|Use=text-creation
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|Works-with=text
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Project license
 
{{Project license
 
|License=GPLv2
 
|License=GPLv2
|License verified by=Janet Casey
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|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
|License verified date=2001-01-31
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|License verified date=2010-02-19
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}}
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{{Project license
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|License=GPLv3orlater
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|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
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|License verified date=2010-02-19
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Software prerequisite
 
{{Software prerequisite

Revision as of 10:43, 12 April 2011


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Man-db

http://www.nongnu.org/man-db/
Reference manual page database and browser

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.





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

Verified by

Kelly Hopkins

Verified on

19 February 2010

License

GPLv2

Verified by

Kelly Hopkins

Verified on

19 February 2010




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Colin Watson Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
Savannah (Ref)https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/man-db
HelpE-mailmailto:man-db-announce@nongnu.org
Debian (Ref)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/man-db
DeveloperVCS Repository Webviewhttp://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cjwatson/man-db/trunk/
Bug TrackingBug Trackinghttp://bugs.debian.org/man-db
DeveloperDownloadhttp://mirrors.igsobe.com/nongnu/man-db/
DeveloperVCS Repository Webviewhttp://bzr.savannah.nongnu.org/r/man-db/trunk/


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Required to buildPerl
Weak prerequisitelibdb2-dev
Required to usegroff




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