On 05/30/2020 04:05 PM, David Wright wrote:
On Sat 30 May 2020 at 10:08:41 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
On 05/30/2020 09:50 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 04:13:22PM +0200, l0f...@tuta.io wrote:
[...]
I would suggest the following instead:
[download + unpack]
Of course, the method indicated by Tomas is great and may be easier than mine
(+ doesn't leave Debian package files on your computer).
I don't think "my" method is easier. Personally, I'd go with yours
any time (I dislike browsers) -- but I had the impression (wrongly?)
that the OP wanted a "webby" solution. But thanks for chiming in
with alternatives!
Yes. A "webby" solution can have two benefits in my environment:
a. may minimize download downloaded byte count.
b. following intervening links and cross references can lead to
answering important un-asked questions.
For man pages, I type man foo into google. That usually throws
up one or two links from different sources.
[snip]
You missed my point entirely. I have accessed the man page via
https://manpages.debian.org/ . It lacks information *CRITICAL* to
whether or not to install the package. It skirts the issue by referring
to a file which will exist, *if and only if*, the package has already
been installed. I.E. classical infinite loop ;}
