The symptom I see on Ubuntu 18.04 is running $ man -H man
and getting man: command exited with status 3: (cd /tmp/hman6RgU0i && /usr/lib/man-db/zsoelim) | (cd /tmp/hman6RgU0i && /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE) | (cd / tmp/hman6RgU0i && preconv -e UTF-8) | (cd /tmp/hman6RgU0i && tbl) | (cd /tmp/hman6RgU0i && groff -mandoc -Thtml) As described by https://askubuntu.com/users/8698/dan at manpage - How do I make man pages open in a web browser? - Ask Ubuntu https://askubuntu.com/questions/339255/how-do-i-make-man-pages-open-in-a-web-browser a workaround for this bug is to install the groff command. The man command should be fixed to discover this and print a suitable error. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1389682 Title: man command failed with exit status 3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/man-db/+bug/1389682/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
