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JimDeadlock

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[SOLVED] Missing Manpages

Many of my manpages are missing, including a lot of core packages. For example:

$ man grep
No manual entry for grep
$ man man
No manual entry for man

My manpage directory is /usr/share/man and I've noticed that some of the numbered subdirectories are empty (eg. man2, man6). Below are some things I've tried without success.

$ sudo pacman -S grep


$ manpath
/usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/lib/jvm/default/man
$ manpath -g
/usr/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/opt/man:/var/lib/snapd/snap/man


$ sudo mandb
............. [snip]
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/man/nl...
Purging old database entries in /usr/share/man/zh_CN...
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/man/zh_CN...
Purging old database entries in /usr/share/man/de...
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/man/de...
Processing manual pages under /usr/local/man...
0 man subdirectories contained newer manual pages.
0 manual pages were added.
0 stray cats were added.
0 old database entries were purged.


$ sudo mandb -c
............. [snip]
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/man/es...
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/man/nl...
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/man/nl/man8'. Wait...done.
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/man/nl...
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/man/nl...
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/man/zh_CN...
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/man/zh_CN/man8'. Wait...done.
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/man/zh_CN...
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/man/zh_CN...
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/man/de...
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/man/de/man8'. Wait...done.
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/man/de...
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/man/de...
Processing manual pages under /usr/local/man...
80 man subdirectories contained newer manual pages.
863 manual pages were added.
0 stray cats were added.

Last edited by JimDeadlock (2020-04-24 11:36:38)

WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] Missing Manpages

Do you have the man-pages package installed?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ma … stallation

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JimDeadlock

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From: London

Registered: 2019-03-20

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Re: [SOLVED] Missing Manpages

Yes, man-db and man-pages are both installed and up to date.

Slithery

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Re: [SOLVED] Missing Manpages

Output of...

pacman-conf

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JimDeadlock

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From: London

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Re: [SOLVED] Missing Manpages

$ pacman-conf
[options]
RootDir = /
DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
HookDir = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
GPGDir = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman
HoldPkg = glibc
NoExtract = usr/share/man/*
NoExtract = usr/share/locale/*
NoExtract = !usr/share/locale/locale.alias
NoExtract = !usr/share/locale/en/*
NoExtract = !usr/share/locale/en_GB/*
NoExtract = !usr/share/locale/en_US/*
Architecture = x86_64
CheckSpace
CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
SigLevel = PackageRequired
SigLevel = PackageTrustedOnly
SigLevel = DatabaseOptional
SigLevel = DatabaseTrustedOnly
LocalFileSigLevel = PackageOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = PackageTrustedOnly
[core]
Usage = All
Server = http://mirror.netweaver.uk/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
Server = http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/archlinux.org/core/os/x86_64
Server = http://arch.serverspace.co.uk/arch/core/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
Server = https://archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
Server = https://mirror.netweaver.uk/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
Server = https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/x86_64
Server = http://lon.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
Server = https://lon.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
Server = https://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
Server = https://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/archlinux.org/core/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirrors.manchester.m247.com/arch-linux/core/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/core/os/x86_64
[extra]
Usage = All
Server = http://mirror.netweaver.uk/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
Server = http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/archlinux.org/extra/os/x86_64
Server = http://arch.serverspace.co.uk/arch/extra/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
Server = https://archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
Server = https://mirror.netweaver.uk/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
Server = https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/x86_64
Server = http://lon.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
Server = https://lon.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
Server = https://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
Server = https://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/archlinux.org/extra/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirrors.manchester.m247.com/arch-linux/extra/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/extra/os/x86_64
[community]
Usage = All
Server = http://mirror.netweaver.uk/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
Server = http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/community/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/archlinux.org/community/os/x86_64
Server = http://arch.serverspace.co.uk/arch/community/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
Server = https://archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
Server = https://mirror.netweaver.uk/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
Server = https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/community/os/x86_64
Server = http://lon.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
Server = https://lon.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
Server = https://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
Server = https://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/archlinux.org/community/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirrors.manchester.m247.com/arch-linux/community/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/community/os/x86_64
[multilib]
Usage = All
Server = http://mirror.netweaver.uk/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/archlinux.org/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = http://arch.serverspace.co.uk/arch/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = https://archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = https://mirror.netweaver.uk/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = http://lon.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = https://lon.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = https://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = https://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/archlinux.org/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirrors.manchester.m247.com/arch-linux/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/multilib/os/x86_64

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED] Missing Manpages

NoExtract = usr/share/man/*

If you want man pages you should remove or comment that line .

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JimDeadlock

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Registered: 2019-03-20

Posts: 83

Re: [SOLVED] Missing Manpages

Thanks! Now, is there a way to get all my manpages back without reinstalling all the packages?

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: [SOLVED] Missing Manpages

No.

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loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Missing Manpages

You could reduce the re-installation to only those files that use /usr/share/man/

pacman -Fy
pacman -S $(pacman -Qq $(pacman -Fq /usr/share/man/ | cut -d/ -f2) 2> /dev/null)

JimDeadlock

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From: London

Registered: 2019-03-20

Posts: 83

Re: [SOLVED] Missing Manpages

That's very useful thanks!

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Missing Manpages

That could be a lot simpler - there's no reason to scan the repos for ownership, just local:

pacman -Qqo /usr/share/man | pacman -S -

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loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Missing Manpages

That could be a lot simpler - there's no reason to scan the repos for ownership, just local:

pacman -Qqo /usr/share/man | pacman -S -

I thought the pacman database does not contain files it did not install due to noextract.

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Missing Manpages

True, but /usr/share/man does not match the noextract rule.  The contents of that directory would not be extracted, but the directory is still there and owned by every package that would have had files in it.

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eschwartz

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Re: [SOLVED] Missing Manpages

That could be a lot simpler - there's no reason to scan the repos for ownership, just local:

pacman -Qqo /usr/share/man | pacman -S -

I thought the pacman database does not contain files it did not install due to noextract.

$ pacman -Qo /usr/share/man/pl/man1/rview.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man1/rview.1.gz is owned by gvim 8.2.0510-1
$ ls /usr/share/man/pl/man1/rview.1.gz
ls: cannot access '/usr/share/man/pl/man1/rview.1.gz': No such file or directory

Why doesn't it exist? Because of the following contents of pacman.conf, with all non-English manpages NoExtracted:

# poor man's localepurge
# See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks#Installing_only_content_in_required_languages
NoExtract = usr/share/help/* !usr/share/help/en*
NoExtract = usr/share/gtk-doc/html/*
NoExtract = usr/share/locale/* usr/share/X11/locale/* usr/share/i18n/* opt/google/chrome/locales/* !usr/share/X11/locale/C/*
NoExtract = !*locale*/en*/* !usr/share/i18n/charmaps/UTF-8.gz !usr/share/*locale*/locale.*
NoExtract = !usr/share/*locales/en_?? !usr/share/*locales/i18n* !usr/share/*locales/iso*
NoExtract = !usr/share/*locales/trans*
NoExtract = usr/share/qt4/translations/*
NoExtract = usr/share/man/* !usr/share/man/man*
NoExtract = usr/share/vim/vim*/lang/*
NoExtract = usr/lib/libreoffice/help/en-US/*

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