Make man provide info about downloaded binary

agusgriego

Partially Insane
Hi, I have downloaded a command line utility that comes with its own manpage.

I can't call the utility by it's name, instead I have to put the full path to it. Calling man doesn't work either.

How can I "register" this command so I can call it without putting the full path to it?

Thanx,
 
You need to put it somewhere on your path.

Do this on the terminal:

echo $path

This command will show you the list of locations you have configured by default.

Moreover, you really seem to need to read some of the UNIX initiation tutorials around the net, they will provide you with helpful info and hints.


dani++
 
To get the man page working, you need to copy it to /usr/share/man/manX, where X is the same number as appears at the end of the man page.

(i.e. if the man page is named manpage.3, then you would put it in the man3 folder.)
 
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