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debman — Read man pages from uninstalled packages. More information: <https://manned.org/debman>.

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Problem

How to use the debman command: Read man pages from uninstalled packages. More information: <https://manned.org/debman>.

Solution

debman — Read man pages from uninstalled packages. More information: <https://manned.org/debman>.

Read a man page for a command that is provided by a specified [p]ackage:
debman -p {{package}} {{command}}


Specify a [p]ackage version to download:
debman -p {{package}}={{version}} {{command}}


Read a man page in a .deb [f]ile:
debman -f {{path/to/file.deb}} {{command}}

Code Snippets

Read a man page for a command that is provided by a specified [p]ackage

debman -p {{package}} {{command}}

Specify a [p]ackage version to download

debman -p {{package}}={{version}} {{command}}

Read a man page in a `.deb` [f]ile

debman -f {{path/to/file.deb}} {{command}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/debman

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