no man pages [SOLVED]

jedijimi · 2014-03-18 22:48:48

So I searched for a man page today. 'man bash' Well i got this error

man: can't execute most: No such file or directory
man: command exited with status 255: LESS=-ix8RmPm Manual page bash(1) ?ltline %lt?L/%L.:byte %bB?s/%s..?e (END):?pB %pB\%.. (press h for help or q to quit)$PM Manual page bash(1) ?ltline %lt?L/%L.:byte %bB?s/%s..?e (END):?pB %pB\%.. (press h for help or q to quit)$ MAN_PN=bash(1) most

Now I've remove 'man-db' and re-installed it, and now been googling for 2 hrs, can't find anything for this. Any one have any ideas??

Last edited by jedijimi (2014-03-18 23:29:17)

karol · 2014-03-18 22:51:14

What's the output of

file /usr/bin/man
type -p man

Is your system up to date?

Last edited by karol (2014-03-18 23:01:51)

WorMzy · 2014-03-18 22:52:06

man: can't execute most: No such file or directory

Have you removed most since you set your PAGER to it? If so, you need to update your shell's config file. As a temporary override, what happens if you run

PAGER=less man bash

jedijimi · 2014-03-18 22:54:34

file /usr/bin/man
/usr/bin/man: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=79e4f01f8b65a802566d5593d594f44fab41d72a, stripped
05:54 PM jimi ~
┗─╸>> type -p man

karol · 2014-03-18 22:55:56

What's the output of

type -p man

(these were 2 commands)

Edit: Please read WorMzy post too.

Last edited by karol (2014-03-18 22:56:33)

jedijimi · 2014-03-18 22:55:58

I have not done anything like 'PAGER=less man bash'

jedijimi · 2014-03-18 22:56:51

ya the 'type -p man' no output

karol · 2014-03-18 22:57:55

jedijimi wrote:

I have not done anything like 'PAGER=less man bash'

What is the output of

PAGER=less man bash

Do you mean you get nothing?

How about

type man

jedijimi · 2014-03-18 22:58:24

This happens when I run Pager=less man bash

05:54 PM jimi ~
┗─╸>> PAGER=less man bash
man: can't execute most: No such file or directory
man: command exited with status 255: LESS=-ix8RmPm Manual page bash(1) ?ltline %lt?L/%L.:byte %bB?s/%s..?e (END):?pB %pB\%.. (press h for help or q to quit)$PM Manual page bash(1) ?ltline %lt?L/%L.:byte %bB?s/%s..?e (END):?pB %pB\%.. (press h for help or q to quit)$ MAN_PN=bash(1) most

jedijimi · 2014-03-18 22:59:27

ok here is 'type man'

┗─╸>> type man
man is a function
man ()
{
env LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$(printf "\e[1;31m") LESS_TERMCAP_md=$(printf "\e[1;31m") LESS_TERMCAP_me=$(printf "\e[0m") LESS_TERMCAP_se=$(printf "\e[0m") LESS_TERMCAP_so=$(printf "\e[1;44;33m") LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$(printf "\e[0m") LESS_TERMCAP_us=$(printf "\e[1;32m") man "$@"
}

karol · 2014-03-18 23:01:21

What's the output of

\man bash

Does it work?

jedijimi · 2014-03-18 23:02:09

┗─╸>> \man bash
man: can't execute most: No such file or directory
man: command exited with status 255: LESS=-ix8RmPm Manual page bash(1) ?ltline %lt?L/%L.:byte %bB?s/%s..?e (END):?pB %pB\%.. (press h for help or q to quit)$PM Manual page bash(1) ?ltline %lt?L/%L.:byte %bB?s/%s..?e (END):?pB %pB\%.. (press h for help or q to quit)$ MAN_PN=bash(1) most

karol · 2014-03-18 23:03:43

How about

/usr/bin/man bash

jedijimi · 2014-03-18 23:03:51

I also seen somewhere to re-install 'geoff' That did nothing either

jedijimi · 2014-03-18 23:04:40

It's all the same

┗─╸>> /usr/bin/man bash
/usr/bin/man: can't execute most: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/man: command exited with status 255: LESS=-ix8RmPm Manual page bash(1) ?ltline %lt?L/%L.:byte %bB?s/%s..?e (END):?pB %pB\%.. (press h for help or q to quit)$PM Manual page bash(1) ?ltline %lt?L/%L.:byte %bB?s/%s..?e (END):?pB %pB\%.. (press h for help or q to quit)$ MAN_PN=bash(1) most

WorMzy · 2014-03-18 23:05:06

Can you post your /etc/man_db.conf in-between [ code] tags, please.

karol · 2014-03-18 23:07:28

What's the output of

echo $MANPAGER

and

echo $PAGER

jedijimi · 2014-03-18 23:07:58

I don't know how to post using tags but here is the output from /etc/man_db.conf

http://pastebin.com/mQfangRD

karol · 2014-03-18 23:08:59

jedijimi wrote:

I don't know how to post using tags but here is the output from /etc/man_db.conf

See https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

jedijimi · 2014-03-18 23:09:37

@karol 'echo $MANPAGER' most
no output on 'echo $PAGER

jedijimi · 2014-03-18 23:10:53

@karol thanks for the link for tags

karol · 2014-03-18 23:11:11

Run

export MANPAGER=less

and run

/usr/bin/man bash

Slithery · 2014-03-18 23:11:39

Can you post the contents of your ~/.bashrc (and whichever file contains your alias definitions as well if it's a different file).

Last edited by Slithery (2014-03-18 23:16:20)

progandy · 2014-03-18 23:12:35

What is the output of this command? I guess you set MANPAGER to most somewhere.

env | grep PAGER

You'll probably be able to find the variable definition with something like this:

grep -r PAGER /etc/profile.d
grep PAGER ~/.*rc ~/.*profile

Last edited by progandy (2014-03-18 23:26:07)

jedijimi · 2014-03-18 23:12:56

And it's a win. THX very much

Now how do I thread this as solved lol

edit#2 The solve was running 'export MANPAGER=less'

Last edited by jedijimi (2014-03-18 23:16:47)

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