debman1
Read man pages from uninstalled packages
Usage
debman -f
filename
[--
man(1)
options]
name
debman -p
package
[--
man(1)
options]
name
debman -p
package=version
[--
man(1)
options]
name
Overview
debman extracts a Debian package into a temporary directory and displays manual pages from it. If the -f option is used, it will use a local .deb file; if the -p option is used, it will download the named package using debget. If a version number is appended with "=" to the package name, the package of that version will be used (if known to APT).
Environment
debman intentionally ignores any $MANPATH environment variable that might be set, and constructs its own such that only manual pages within the package will be displayed.
Releases
11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 1 time.