man-db

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Description
This package provides the man command, the primary way of examining the on-line help files (manual pages). Other utilities provided include the whatis and apropos commands for searching the manual page database, the manpath utility for determining the manual page search path, and the maintenance utilities mandb, catman and zsoelim. man-db uses the groff suite of programs to format and display the manual pages.
Associated Programs
GNU Troff Text Formatting System GNU troff text-formatting system
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Available deb Repositories (how-to add a respository)
Debian 32-bit 64-bit
sarge 2.4.2-21sarge1 2.4.2-21sarge1
etch 2.4.3-6 2.4.3-6
etch-backports 2.5.2-2~bpo40+1 2.5.2-2~bpo40+1
lenny 2.5.2-3
sid 2.5.2-3 2.5.2-3

Ubuntu 32-bit 64-bit
dapper 2.4.3-3 2.4.3-3
feisty 2.4.3-5ubuntu1 2.4.3-5ubuntu1
gutsy 2.4.4-3 2.4.4-3
hardy 2.5.1-3
intrepid 2.5.2-2 2.5.2-2

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