On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/06/11 06:25, Paul E Condon wrote: >> >> This forces me to ask yet another clueless question: When I install a >> documentation package, like this one, where are the documentation >> files placed? There is an entry corresponding to the package name in >> /usr/share/doc/ but there is seldom any clue there as to where the >> docucmentation was placed. Is there a general rule? Is there a >> special place where *all* documentation is put? Do I open the .deb and >> read the install script? Is there a better way (I hope)? I think I am >> missing something that is really basic. Help! > > /usr/share/doc/packagename > also documentation as man, info, and html > > To see what was delivered:- > cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/packagename.list | less
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