Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:39:08 -0800 From: Beecher Rintoul <akbeech@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages Message-ID: <200509112039.22758.akbeech@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050912042733.D491043D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20050912042733.D491043D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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--nextPart2874620.TpoBjD833x Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 11 September 2005 08:27 pm, David Christensen wrote: > FreeBSD-questions: > > I'm an FreeBSD newbie who just did a minimal install of FreeBSD 4.11 on > some vintage hardware, only to discover that the man pages seem to be > missing. So I STFW, found the following: > > > http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc/2004-01/0= 56 >8.htm l > > > ran /stand/sysinstall, and installed the man pages distribution. But, I > still get the following: > > dpchrist@p166v:~$ man man > No manual entry for man > > > I seem to recall running a "mandb" utility on a GNU/Linux installation > sometime in the past, but I can't seem to find the FreeBSD equivalent (if > there is such a thing). > > > Searching this list's archive for "No manual entry for man" didn't yield > the answer. > > > Any suggestions? > Boot off the install disk. Choose "Do a post install configuration". Choose= =20 "Additional Distribution Sets" - "Man" Install. Cheers Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - System Administrator - akbeech@gmail.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | NorthWind Communications \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart2874620.TpoBjD833x Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDJQZ6Vq19LUoGB+MRAgyTAKC/crtnlUTl6f2ogerIvR0lV5lp2QCgxhLl 4lmFCNbO6GNR5TFg3J1b1Ac= =VEAq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2874620.TpoBjD833x--
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