man 5 man.conf
Need to add /usr/local/man to your manpath.
On Jul 24, 2019 11:39 AM, Jungle Boogie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Turns out I don't know everything and I need to read man pages from
> time-to-time. I'm sure you're like me and also want to consult the man pages.
> How do you do it on applications you've installed from source?
>
> Reading makewhatis.8, I think this is the tool I would use.
>
> # makewhatis -D -a /usr/local/share/man
> /usr/local/share/man//de/man1/nmap.1: Adding to database
> /usr/local/share/man//es/man1/nmap.1: Adding to database
> /usr/local/share/man//fr/man1/nmap.1: Adding to database
> /usr/local/share/man//hr/man1/nmap.1: Adding to database
> /usr/local/share/man//hu/man1/nmap.1: Adding to database
> /usr/local/share/man//it/man1/nmap.1: Adding to database
> /usr/local/share/man//ja/man1/nmap.1: Adding to database
> /usr/local/share/man//man1/aerc.1: Adding to database
> /usr/local/share/man//man1/curl-config.1: Adding to database
> /usr/local/share/man//man1/curl.1: Adding to database
> /usr/local/share/man//man1/dnscap.1: Adding to database
> /usr/local/share/man//man1/enchive.1.gz: Adding to database
> /usr/local/share/man//man1/endlessh.1: Adding to database
> ..
>
> but this doesn't work:
> $ man 1 nmap
> man: No entry for nmap in section 1 of the manual.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks for any tips!
>
> $ sysctl kern.version
> kern.version=OpenBSD 6.5-current (GENERIC.MP) #139: Wed Jul 24 05:11:28 MDT
> 2019
> [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
>
>
