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version 1.7, 2014/12/09 09:19:13

version 1.8, 2014/12/09 12:05:44

Line 155 Deployment requires the following steps:

1. Build and install mandoc as described above in steps 2 to 5

below "Installation".

2. If you system uses manpath(1), make sure it is configured

2. If your system uses manpath(1), make sure it is configured

correctly, in particular, it returns all directory trees where

manual pages are installed. If your system uses man.conf(5), make

sure it contains a "_whatdb" for each directory tree, and the order

sure it contains a "_whatdb" line for each directory tree, and the

of these lines meets your wishes.

order of these lines meets your wishes.

3. Run the command "sudo makewhatis" to build mandoc.db(5) databases

in all the directory trees configured in step 2.

Line 167 in all the directory trees configured in step 2.

At this point, your new man(1), apropos(1), and whatis(1) should work.

for help and to have these instructions improved.

Whenever installing new manual pages, re-run makewhatis(8) to update

the databases, or man(1) will not find the new pages.

Deployment using your system's native man(1) viewer