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Johnson_Z_3180 : 03/06/08 08:44 AM : Incident created -   I installed these two package: man-1.5m2-5mdv2007.0.i586 man-pages-2.39-1mdv2007.0.noarch but still has problem on run man command. #man What manual page do you want? #man urpmi No manual entry for urpmi I tried to reinstall the package, but it does not help. Any think I've missed? Please help. Johnson
JoesCat2_8238 : 04/06/08 05:01 AM : Reply received -   Did you install mandriva with normal desktop user security settings or did you install with a higher security level? Some manual pages are out of reach of the "normal desktop user" and only accessible by the root "super user", for example: $ man urpmi <-normal user No manual entry for urpmi $ su <-normal user becomes super user Password: ******** # man urpmi ---------{now it is displayed, press q to exit}--------- # exit <-resturn back to normal user again exit $
Johnson_Z_3180 : 04/06/08 05:45 AM : More info requested -   Actually I am using Mandriva 2007 flash; I am not sure which security level I am, but I tried on both normal user and root user, the results are same: No manual entry... [root@deepblue~]# uname -a Linux deepblue 2.6.17-11mdvlegacy #1 SMP Tue Feb 13 12:34:54 MST 2007 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz GNU/Linux [root@deepblue~]# uname Linux [root@deepblue~]# man What manual page do you want? [root@deepblue~]# man urpmi No manual entry for urpmi [root@deepblue~]# It does not have the basic entries as well: [root@deepblue~]# man ls No manual entry for ls [root@deepblue~]# man rm No manual entry for rm [root@deepblue~]#
JoesCat2_8238 : 04/06/08 06:35 AM : More info requested -   I do not have a flash drive so I cannot give you a good answer based on knowledge, but I could guess and understand why it might "not" be on the flash drive. A flash drive has very limited space to have everything you would want on it. If I was to recommend a harddrive install from CD or DVD, I would recommend 4GB of empty space minimum just for the root drive and an additional 1GB for your home drive. Even the manuals take up a fair bit of space despite being compressed text. 1st, you should ask yourself if you really need the manuals on the flash drive, or if you are okay simply looking them up using google, for example typing into google these 3 words: urpmi manual mandriva found this http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Tools/urpmi You may need to hunt a little for some of the other commands, but you may find manuals on the internet as well. If you really want the manual on your flash, check to see how much remaining empty space you have on the flash drive using the command df and decide if you want to add the manual. The easiest way I could think of adding the required manuals would be to copy it from an existing linux desktop setup (if you already have mandriva installed on a computer using a CD or DVD. You will find the manuals (after they have been installed) located in /usr/share/man which contains several man subfolders. If you type: ls -l /usr/share/man you will find these folders (with permissions drwxr-xr-x) cat5/ de.UTF-8/ fr.UTF-8/ man1p/ man3p/ man6/ man9/ cat8/ en/ man0p/ man2/ man4/ man7/ mann/ de/ fr/ man1/ man3/ man5/ man8/ ru/ each of the folders above contain man pages and you will find several urpmi pages in /usr/share/man/man8 (note the list below is for a DVD install of 2008.0) -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6983 2008-01-02 10:15 urpmi.8.lzma -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4458 2008-01-02 10:15 urpmi.addmedia.8.lzma -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7075 2008-01-02 10:15 urpmihowto.8.lzma -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2263 2008-01-02 10:15 urpmi.removemedia.8.lzma -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2892 2008-01-02 10:15 urpmi.update.8.lzma -------------------------- In terms of the security level, I don't know if the flash drive gives you a choice, but I would suppose you are probably set to the desktop level #2. I would recommend you leave it at the level it is now since the higher security levels will cause beginners and novice users a bit of grief (google mandriva msec to learn more, but leave it alone for now) ;-| I don't have a flash drive, but I hope this helped answer your question. Jose Da Silva www.joescat.com
Johnson_Z_3180 : 04/06/08 08:57 AM : More info requested -   Thanks a lot JoesCat2_507, it took you lots of time for writing solution for me. I really appreciated. I had a 8G memory stick with Mandriva 2007.0 flash system on it; It is very handle because I set up my own environment and can bring it to any where, specially for work. I have fixed the problem, but you definitely give me a guide. I checked the path /usr/share/man, found the man1-man8 folders are existed, but some folders are empty and some folders has few files end by .bz2, for example: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Mar 7 2007 accept.8.bz2 -> /etc/alternatives/accept.8.bz2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Mar 7 2007 disable.8.bz2 -> /etc/alternatives/disable.8.bz2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Mar 7 2007 enable.8.bz2 -> /etc/alternatives/enable.8.bz2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Mar 7 2007 lpc.8.bz2 -> /etc/alternatives/lpc.8.bz2 Normally, everything residing in */bin* and */sbin* _should_ have a /man/ page installed. Mandriva may of course have "forgotten" to include some of the required packages. And donot know why even use urpmi man-package &#8211;auto to install the man-pages file, but it does not work probably. Finally I found a solution. I go to http://tldp.org/manpages/man.php to download the The latest version is man-pages-2.79.tar.gz (2.6Mb), made a copy and replaced the current /usr/share/man, then it is working. However it is not particularly designed for Mandriva, so some command such urpmi does not have a man page. I am happy for this; at least I can use it when internet connection is unavailable.
Johnson_Z_3180 : 04/06/08 08:58 AM : Incident closed -

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