From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 19:53:17 2007 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 18DF716A418 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:53:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stapleton.41@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1E0C13C45D for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:53:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stapleton.41@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so8244242waf.3 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:53:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=yQVm0S85frHAVDhtdzp9DJ0nl84TvdjXpI3nuaHhvAk=; b=RTj+ToupJ/yj0PUXVIAu2KRBALMibEzcCa4Kp5l3r6HaFLRPrMU74CmjiwiZZuznuXvhCpv1XcakdwBdxcWdPw4XSE6RxLj71kHyRw+ppgznc5e05+Sa45x2aI0LSatmdwSBPNM5u2uJMd4y9vUxzp79eqNihU6c5MM8K34eu7g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Gpsn5OyB+SZ6W249BOxnPwgY+akhwCJl3+JGdIaxal1I/rpZskPRardx5+lMrgYolco+aoXAOdQKIikG7Wh8zA8XTZr2Hq+/h3+cTmpduhTKEP8W4333d4K88dvjn6DxWzpx7KmzvVrTKjTSu3RnVH7zQimtd3T9ah3zFvExkq0= Received: by 10.115.76.1 with SMTP id d1mr13231205wal.108.1199130795811; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:53:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.240.16 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:53:15 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <80f4f2b20712311153h354d259cxf8644bcbb2d26b58@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:53:15 -0500 From: "Jim Stapleton" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20071231095507.0234630e.wmoran@potentialtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <80f4f2b20712310641k4649c0bbi99363c7be47655c2@mail.gmail.com> <20071231095507.0234630e.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Subject: Re: I installed FreeBSD, but managed to completely fail at getting the man pages installed. 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: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:53:17 -0000 Thanks. I feel stupid now (through my own stupidity and not the fault of anyone here but me). I should have looked at that before. I have always done a minimal install of FreeBSD (well, for 6.1 and 6.2, didn't use FreeBSD before that), and have not had any problems getting the man pages before. Is this new, or is my memory going/gone? -Jim On Dec 31, 2007 9:55 AM, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to "Jim Stapleton" : > > > > None of the default man pages were installed on my system when I > > installed FreeBSD recently. I figured I forgot some part of the > > install (accidentally forgot to click something). Does anyone know how > > I can trivially obtain the base install's man pages? > > Boot up the system and log in as root. Then run sysinstall. Select > Custom -> Distributions -> Custom. From there you can select the > man distribution. Then OK your way back until sysinstall actually > installs the man pages. > > I expect you selected a "minimal" install when you installed, which > doesn't include man pages. > > -- > Bill Moran > http://www.potentialtech.com >