source: BOOK/final-system/common/man-db.xml@ 831e787

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<sect1 id="ch-system-man-db" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="man-db.html"?>

  <title>Man-DB-&man-db-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-db">
    <primary sortas="a-Man-DB">Man-DB</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Man-DB package contains programs for finding and viewing man
    pages.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Man-DB</title>

    <para os="a">Prepare Man-DB for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
    --docdir=/usr/share/doc/man-db-&man-db-version; --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --disable-setuid --with-browser=/usr/bin/lynx \
    --with-vgrind=/usr/bin/vgrind --with-grap=/usr/bin/grap</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist os="c">
      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-setuid</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This disables making the <command>man</command> program setuid
          to user <systemitem class="username">man</systemitem>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--with-...</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>These three parameters are used to set some default programs.
          <command>lynx</command> is a text-based web browser (see
          CBLFS for installation instructions), <command>vgrind</command>
          converts program sources to Groff input, and <command>grap</command>
          is useful for typesetting graphs in Groff documents. The
          <command>vgrind</command> and <command>grap</command> programs are
          not normally needed for viewing manual pages. They are not part of
          CLFS or CBLFS, but you should be able to install them yourself after
          finishing CLFS if you wish to do so.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="f">To test the results, issue:</para>

<screen os="g"><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>

    <para os="h">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="i"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-man-db" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Man-DB</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>accessdb, apropos (link to whatis), catman, lexgrog, man, mandb,
        manpath, whatis, zsoelim</seg>
        <seg>libman.so, libmandb.so</seg>
        <seg>/usr/lib/man-db, /usr/libexec/man-db, /usr/share/doc/man-db-&man-db-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="accessdb">
        <term><command>accessdb</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Dumps the <command>whatis</command> database contents in
          human-readable form</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-db accessdb">
            <primary sortas="b-accessdb">accessdb</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="apropos">
        <term><command>apropos</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Searches the <command>whatis</command> database and displays
          the short descriptions of system commands that contain a given
          string</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-db apropos">
            <primary sortas="b-apropos">apropos</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="catman">
        <term><command>catman</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Creates or updates the pre-formatted manual pages</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-db catman">
            <primary sortas="b-catman">catman</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lexgrog">
        <term><command>lexgrog</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Displays one-line summary information about a given manual
          page</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-db lexgrog">
            <primary sortas="b-lexgrog">lexgrog</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="man">
        <term><command>man</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Formats and displays the requested manual page</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-db man">
            <primary sortas="b-man">man</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="mandb">
        <term><command>mandb</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Creates or updates the <command>whatis</command> database</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-db mandb">
            <primary sortas="b-mandb">mandb</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="manpath">
        <term><command>manpath</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Displays the contents of $MANPATH or (if $MANPATH is not set)
          a suitable search path based on the settings in man.conf and the
          user's environment</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-db manpath">
            <primary sortas="b-manpath">manpath</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="whatis">
        <term><command>whatis</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Searches the <command>whatis</command> database and displays
          the short descriptions of system commands that contain the given
          keyword as a separate word</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-db whatis">
            <primary sortas="b-whatis">whatis</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="zsoelim">
        <term><command>zsoelim</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Reads files and replaces lines of the form <emphasis>.so
          file</emphasis> by the contents of the mentioned
          <emphasis>file</emphasis></para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-db zsoelim">
            <primary sortas="b-zsoelim">zsoelim</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libman">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libman</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Contains run-time support for <command>man</command></para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-db libman">
            <primary sortas="c-libman">libman</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libmandb">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmandb</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Contains run-time support for <command>man</command></para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-db libmandb">
            <primary sortas="c-libmandb">libmandb</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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