topic Re: no manual entry for (command) in Operating System - HP-UX

no manual entry for (command)

rana786 — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:20:23 GMT

Hi all,
A preloaded HP-UX 11.11 rp4440 server is working fine but there is no man page come out after typing #man command. It only displays no manual entry for this (command). Is there any command or documents to fix it?

Rgds,
Mostafa

Re: no manual entry for (command)

RAC_1 — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:23:44 GMT

Did you load filesets for man pages? Is your MANPATH set correctly?

Re: no manual entry for (command)

Peter Godron — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:25:35 GMT

Mostafa,
do you have a MANPATH set up for your user.
Test with
env | grep man

should return something like:
MANPATH=/usr/share/man/%L:/usr/share/man:/usr/contrib/man/%L:/usr/contrib/man:/usr/local/man/%L:/usr/local/man:/opt/upgrade/share/man/%L:/op
t/upgrade/share/man:/usr/dt/share/man:/opt/pd/share/man/%L:/opt/pd/share/man:/opt/ignite/share/man/%L:/opt/ignite/share/man:/opt/sam
ba/man:/opt/hparray/share/man/%L:/opt/hparray/share/man:/opt/resmon/share/man:/opt/pred/share/man/%L:/opt/pred/share/man

Re: no manual entry for (command)

Arunvijai_4 — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:27:27 GMT

Hi Mostafa,

"man" command searches in MANPATH variable. Set your MANPATH by, export MANPATH=

and check with /etc/MANPATH for system wide setting.

-Arun

Re: no manual entry for (command)

Antonio Cardoso_1 — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:28:11 GMT

Mostapha,

MANPATH is usually initialized from /etc/MANPATH file, via /etc/profile.
check these files.

Are you failing to get man for a particular command or also for any standard (such as ls) command?

MANPATH variable on my server resolves to:
/usr/share/man/%L:/usr/share/man:/usr/contrib/man/%L:/usr/contrib/man:/usr/local/man/%L:/usr/local/man:/opt/upgrade/share/man/%L:/opt/upgrade/share/man:/opt/pd/share/man/%L:/opt/pd/share/man:/opt/pd/share/man/%L:/opt/pd/share/man:/opt/pd/share/man/%L:/opt/pd/share/man:/opt/resmon/share/man:/opt/hparray/share/man/%L:/opt/hparray/share/man:/opt/graphics/common/man:/opt/openssl/man:/opt/openssl/prngd/man:/usr/dt/share/man:/opt/gnome/man:/opt/wbem/share/man:/opt/ignite/share/man/%L:/opt/ignite/share/man:/opt/java1.4/man:/opt/perl/man:/opt/ssh/share/man

you can set it by
export MANPATH=

antonio.

Re: no manual entry for (command)

rana786 — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:35:15 GMT

Hi Antonio,

I am failing in any command. Even if I fail to get output from command #man ll

Best regards,
Mostafa

Re: no manual entry for (command)

rana786 — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:56:05 GMT

Hi all,

I did not install anything in the system. It is default. I am logging as a root user. I have checked follwing-
#echo $PATH - displays two lines
# vi /etc/profile - MANPATH is there with those two lines

Best regards,
Mostafa

Re: no manual entry for (command)

Peter Godron — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 04:19:31 GMT

Mostafa,
if the MANPATH is correct, it would mean that the man code has not been installed.
Can you please do:
ls /usr/share/man/man1.Z

Re: no manual entry for (command)

rana786 — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 04:31:29 GMT

Hi Peter,

I am not onsite now. Please tell me how can I install man code if it is not installed.

What output should I get if the man code is installed?

Rgds,
Mostafa

Re: no manual entry for (command)

Peter Godron — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:30:59 GMT

Mostafa,
have a look at:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=41996
Covers the checking and install

Re: no manual entry for (command)

rana786 — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:43:15 GMT

It's ok.