debman - read man pages from uninstalled packages
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Description
debman extracts a Debian package into a temporary directory and displays manual pages from it. If the -f
option is used, it will use a local .deb file; if the -p option is used, it will download the named
package using debget. If a version number is appended with "=" to the package name, the package of that
version will be used (if known to APT).
Environment
debman intentionally ignores any $MANPATH environment variable that might be set, and constructs its own
such that only manual pages within the package will be displayed.
Name
debman - read man pages from uninstalled packages
See Also
debget(1) 11 January 2003 DEBMAN(1)
Synopsis
debman-ffilename [--man(1)options] namedebman-ppackage [--man(1)options] namedebman-ppackage=version [--man(1)options] name
