From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 12 14:36:42 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA707106566B for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:36:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [83.235.67.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44D898FC23 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:36:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from atomic.dyndns.org (athedsl-4471774.home.otenet.gr [94.71.123.206]) by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n6CEad6x026722; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:36:40 +0300 Message-ID: <4A59F4F7.1000800@otenet.gr> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:36:39 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090702) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Daniel Underwood References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Missing man pages: gnupg X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:36:43 -0000 Daniel Underwood wrote: > Coming from Linux, I'm accustomed to using gpg. I installed the gnupg > port (which I assume is virtually the same as Linux gpg). > > Doing > $ man gnupg > returns nothing. Doing > $ which gnupg > reveals that the port (or at least the binary) is in fact installed. > But where are the gnupg man pages? If truly not installed, how can I > install them? > > In general, how does one deal with missing man pages? One reason I > left Linux (*officially* yesterday) is fragmented documentation. So > this is extremely important to me. > > TIA, > Daniel > Though the port is named security/gnupg1 (or security/gnupg for gnupg v2), the actual command to use is gpg. So please try man gpg. I am using gnupg1 and the documentation is installed with the port. I assume the same is true for gnupg v2. $ whereis gpg gpg: /usr/local/bin/gpg /usr/local/man/man1/gpg.1.gz