On Ma, 02 iun 20, 10:48:45, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> My problem with dman revolves around running Stretch and debian.org
> defaulting to serving up information about "stable" {i.e. Buster}.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931992
Kind regards,
Andrei
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On 06/02/2020 08:45 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
On 2020-06-02 at 09:05, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 06/01/2020 05:02 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 06/01/2020 04:02 PM, Ralph Katz wrote:
apt show debian-goodies
...
debman - Easily view man pages from a binary .deb without extracting
On Tue 02 Jun 2020 at 06:13:00 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> 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
On Tue 02 Jun 2020 at 06:13:00 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> 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:
Richard Owlett writes:
> I the recent thread about returning a Debian installation to its
> original state "popularity-contest" was mentioned.
>
> I wished to compare it to other tools mentioned in that thread.
> Obvious stating point -- read the man page.
> As I never installed its package I
Hi,
2 juin 2020 à 15:05 de rowl...@cloud85.net:
> On 06/01/2020 05:02 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> I am running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop
>
> Synaptic reports:
>
>> Commit Log for Mon Jun 1 16:45:47 2020
>> Installed the following packages:
>> curl (7.52.1-5+deb9u9)
>> dctrl-tools
On 2020-06-02 at 09:05, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 06/01/2020 05:02 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
>> On 06/01/2020 04:02 PM, Ralph Katz wrote:
>>> apt show debian-goodies
>>> ...
>>> debman - Easily view man pages from a binary .deb without extracting
>>> [man, apt* (via
On 06/01/2020 05:02 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 06/01/2020 04:02 PM, Ralph Katz wrote:
On 5/30/20 3:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
...
*PROBLEM*
As package is not installed, that directory does *NOT* exist.
Where to find required documentation on the web?
NOTE BENE
This post is about man
Richard Owlett wrote:
> In a recent post a particular package was mentioned.
> I was not familiar with it.
> I went to appropriate URL under https://manpages.debian.org/buster .
>
> It did not explicitly answer my question.
> However, under "SEE ALSO" it stated that additional documentation
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
In a recent post a particular package was mentioned.
I was not familiar with it.
I went to appropriate URL under https://manpages.debian.org/buster .
It did not explicitly answer my question.
However, under "SEE ALSO" it stated that additional documentation would
be under /usr/share/doc/... .
Hi,
2 juin 2020 à 00:02 de rowl...@cloud85.net:
> On 06/01/2020 04:02 PM, Ralph Katz wrote:
>
>> apt show debian-goodies
>> ...
>> debman - Easily view man pages from a binary .deb without extracting
>> [man, apt* (via debget)]
>>
>> So... ~$ dman packagename # will fetch the manpages as
On 6/1/20 6:02 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 06/01/2020 04:02 PM, Ralph Katz wrote:
On 5/30/20 3:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
...
*PROBLEM*
As package is not installed, that directory does *NOT* exist.
Where to find required documentation on the web?
NOTE BENE
This post is about man pages as
On 06/01/2020 04:02 PM, Ralph Katz wrote:
On 5/30/20 3:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
...
*PROBLEM*
As package is not installed, that directory does *NOT* exist.
Where to find required documentation on the web?
NOTE BENE
This post is about man pages as a class.
apt show debian-goodies
...
On 5/30/20 3:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
...
> *PROBLEM*
> As package is not installed, that directory does *NOT* exist.
>
> Where to find required documentation on the web?
>
> NOTE BENE
> This post is about man pages as a class.
>
apt show debian-goodies
...
debman - Easily view man
On Sb, 30 mai 20, 16:05:54, David Wright wrote:
>
> For man pages, I type man foo into google. That usually throws
> up one or two links from different sources.
I have/had these configured as search engines in Firefox (Vimium):
dpkg: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=%s
On 30/05/2020 10:52, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I the recent thread about returning a Debian installation to its
> original state "popularity-contest" was mentioned.
>
> I wished to compare it to other tools mentioned in that thread.
> Obvious stating point -- read the man page.
> As I never
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,
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
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"
On Sb, 30 mai 20, 04:52:47, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> *PROBLEM*
> As package is not installed, that directory does *NOT* exist.
Midnight Commander (and probably other file managers as well) can browse
downloaded .deb files.
apt download popularity-contest
mc (browse the CONTENTS
On 2020-05-30 at 09:45, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 05/30/2020 06:14 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
>
>> On 30/05/2020 10:52, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> *PROBLEM* As package is not installed, that directory does *NOT*
>>> exist.
>>>
>>> Where to find required documentation on the web?
>>>
>>>
Hi,
30 mai 2020 à 13:14 de p...@hbsys.plus.com:
> `sudo apt install popularity-contest`
>
> then read the manual.
>
I think the OP doesn't want to install the package, otherwise there would be no
question ;)
I would suggest the following instead:
1) create a directory (a temp one if you
On 05/30/2020 06:14 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
On 30/05/2020 10:52, Richard Owlett wrote:
I the recent thread about returning a Debian installation to its
original state "popularity-contest" was mentioned.
I wished to compare it to other tools mentioned in that thread.
Obvious stating
On 05/30/2020 05:57 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 04:52:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I the recent thread about returning a Debian installation to its
original state "popularity-contest" was mentioned.
I wished to compare it to other tools mentioned in that thread.
On 30/05/2020 10:52, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I the recent thread about returning a Debian installation to its
> original state "popularity-contest" was mentioned.
>
> I wished to compare it to other tools mentioned in that thread.
> Obvious stating point -- read the man page.
> As I never
On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 04:52:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I the recent thread about returning a Debian installation to its
> original state "popularity-contest" was mentioned.
>
> I wished to compare it to other tools mentioned in that thread.
> Obvious stating point -- read the man page.
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