User Feedback :: man pages dont display

hi,

i've installed dsl 0.9.1 on my comp, and its great. however, i'm not able to access the man pages using the man command from the shell...the error i get is:

Forbidden
you dont have permission to access /cgi-bin/unixhelp/man-cgi on this server.
Apache/1.3.28 Server at mirrors.ccs.neu.edu Port 80

however, i'm able to access the internet fine.

any help regarding this appreciated!

thx,
guy24x

Easy, the manservers are down, have been down for quite a while, and from what I understand, will most likely never come back up.

You are seeing that screen because the page is no longer public (or perhaps doesn't exist) on the server.

-J.P.

Anyone know how I can install (traditional) man? I've tried apt-get install man (it suggests man-db) but when i installed it doing something like "man ls" took me to the old man system, then i tried removing the original man script and reinstalling man and its still not working (now it just can't find any man)...

in order to use the actual man program you need to set a MANPATH environment variable, plus have man pages available in that path.

Or you could visit one of the many online man repositories such as
http://linuxcommand.org/superman_pages.php
http://www.linux-tutorial.info/modules.php?name=ManPage&sec=1
http://linux.ctyme.com/

My personal favorite is die.net:

http://www.die.net/doc/

The linux man pages are plentiful.

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