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documented on: 2006.11.05
The best part is that it does not merely list them, but provide links to download them as well!
documented on: 2007.07.28
I probably ought to point out that, if you need help with Debian-specific things, you might want to try the mailing list debian-user@lists.debian.org - use the form at http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/subscribe to subscribe, or follow the instructions there to subscribe by mailing the listbot. A lot of Debian users and developers hang around there.
Colin Watson
documented on: 2000.05.26 Fri 15:20:42
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Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:08:02 -0500
>>> Did the debian.user mlist experience some problem lately? >>> >>> I sent several email several days ago, but none is shown yet. >>> should I wait or resend? >> Do they show up in the archives? > > where is the archives? > they are not in gmane at least.
I got the same problem, but I think it's a gmane prob because they are in the archives:
Hugo Vanwoerkom
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 18:18:18 +0200
In my experience, it is possible to read and send messages to debian lists in at least three ways: e.g., the present one: via `debian-user' mailing list; through `linux.debian.user' newsgroup; through `gmane.linux.debian.user' newsgroup.
Now, I realised that `gmane.linux.debian.user' preserves the message's original headers, whereas `linux.debian.user' changes the Message ID into a different value.
I'd like to know other users' experience about this matter: is it normal? Does it maybe depend on the nntp server? What can you tell about it?
Rodolfo Medina
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:46:09 -0700
> Is there a document or list anywhere of all the Debian specific > commands, their parameters and what they do? I'm thinking of things like > dpkg, update-modules, dpkg-reconfigure and all the rest. I am trying to > learn the "Debian system" and a ready reference would be very helpful.
Keith Nasman
I recommend you the following link:
Have the commands that you are looking for under "Debian Hints".
Sergio Basurto J.
another idea is dwww:
*Description:* Read all on-line documentation with a WWW browser All installed on-line documentation will be served via a local HTTP server. When possible, dwww converts the documentation to HTML. You need to install both a CGI-capable HTTP server and a WWW browser to read the documentation.
Robin
This is an awesome document. I always have it on my table. I hope you will find it useful.
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
> I note that you post to "linux.debian.user" and get your postings > listed. Something that I have yet to achieve.
> I have no wish to subscribe to the list and get 200 emails daily - > most of which are well beyond my understanding and on topics that have > little relevance.
> Does "linux.debian.user" have special posting requirements?
the key is to send to debian-user@lists.debian.org, the only good way to post, no need to subscribe.
> the key is to send to debian-user@lists.debian.org, the only good way > to post, no need to subscribe.
That's what I did a few weeks ago. My messages were posted, but they didn't show up in the proper place in the threads in Mozilla.
References and In-Reply-To looked correct so I don't know what happened, for all I know it could be a bug in Mozilla. But I doubt it, since everything's OK now that I'm posting via gmane.
> > > Marco d'Itri wrote: > > > >>Unfortunately, linux.* is not a bidrectional gateway, so the posts > > > > Fortunatly, linux.* *IS* a bidirectional gateway, unless your news > > > > server is misconfigured. > > > > > Are you sure? This is the first time I've seen anyone saying it is=20 > > > bidirectional. I've seen many people say that it is unidirectional, and=20 > > > experimential evidence tends to confirm that. > > > > After all the shenanigans of the past week, I've convinced the usenet > > mirror (is that an accurate term here?) on Verizon is unidirectional. > > Nothing I've posted there has made the list proper, nor the web > > archives. > > I'm thinking there are two linux.* (linux.kernel, linux.debian.user > and linux.debian.laptop, etc) heirarchies. With my newserver, there is > the free unidirectional bofh.it gateway that is propogated everywhere > (which writes message-ids and references in the form > "2vj26-8md-1@gated-at.bofh.it"), but there is also the gmane gateway > some people use (and you seem to have to point your newsever at their > gateway, instead of your own newserver, meaning you can't use it > behind a university firewall, and you can't use it with software that > only can use one newserver) which *is* bidirectional. Maybe gmane put > the mailing lists in linux.* as well, which mislead Marco into > believing I was talking about gmane?
For what it's worth, Marco is the administrator of linux.*, and he runs bofh.it so I'd say that at the bare minimum, the gateway is supposed to be bidirectional. Whether it is for you or not probably depends on how servers are configured along the way.
Pasc
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:34:13 +0200
> > > and I haven't seen it yet. > > > > This one spammed us just fine. ;) I suggest you resend your original > > post. > > ;-) tried and didn't work. This hit and miss game has driven me nuts. :-) > I've applied another email address. So hopefully the game is over, and > so are my "spams". :-)
You should also subscribe your posting address to debian-whitelist to avoid some tests and delays.
Philippe
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup
>I'm still in the phase of choosing a "right" linux for me. I've read a >lot about strength for different linux, which suits who... but now I >realize that what they emphasied is not important to me, i.e, the kernel >verion, the power of window manager... > >I'm a programmer, the first reason I use linux is as a development >platform. All I need is a not too difficult to install version and not >too fancy window manager. What's most important is that I should be able >to get the most up-to-date tools that i need, so that I don't need to >reinstall every tools that I need.
If you need to keep up-to-date, use Debian woody, the "unstable" Debian distribution (the "unstable" indicates "rapidly changing" rather than "crashes lots", in my experience). Assuming you have decent net connectivity, you can connect to a Debian mirror and do something not too far away from 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade' and have it update all your packages to the current versions for you. If you don't have connectivity, then you could go for the soon-to-be-released-as-stable Debian potato distribution, and perhaps burn the odd current CD of woody to keep vaguely current.
>So, if your think your favorite linux qulified as a development platform >not a toy box, could you tell me which version of the following tools >comes with the package? thanks
Fine; the -number after each version indicates a Debian revision. Both potato and woody listed where they diverge. Anybody with a low boredom threshold look away now. :)
>bash 2.03-6 (potato), 2.04-4 (woody) >gcc 2.95.2-10 >g++ 2.95.2-10 >perl 5.005.03-7.1 [package perl-5.005] >perl-libwww 5.47-1 (potato), 5.48-1 (woody) [package libwww-perl] >expect 5.31.2-3 (potato), 5.31.5-2 (woody) [package expect5.31]
>emacs 20.6-0.1 [package emacs20] >ispell 3.1.20-12 >ncurses 5.0.6 [package libncurses5] >lynx 2.8.3-1 >tkdiff 3.05-1 (potato), 3.05-2 (woody)
>ssh 1.2.3-3 [note that this is OpenSSH rather than old non-free ssh, which is still available at 1.2.27-6, package ssh-nonfree] >wget 1.5.3-3
>java 1.1.8v1-2 [package jdk1.1; I believe jdk1.2 is being looked at, but it'll probably have to wait until after potato's released]
Alternatively, I could switch my brain on :)
Apparently the licence of version 1.2 of the JDK doesn't allow redistribution by third parties. An installer package has been suggested, and *may* be possible. See:
>netscape 4.72-16 [various packages] Also mozilla M14-2 (potato), M15-2 (woody).
Errors and omissions excepted, but you can check for yourself at http://packages.debian.org/.
Colin Watson
As of 2004.06.08, the latest packages in redhat 9 are:
XFree86-4.3.0-2.90.43 aspell-0.33.7.1-21 bash-2.05b-20.1 efax-0.9-18 emacs-21.2-33.1 fluxbox-0.1.14-1.1 gcc-3.2.2-5 gtk2-2.2.1-4 lynx-2.8.5-11 mozilla-1.2.1-26 ncurses-5.3-4 openssh-3.5p1-11 pan-0.14.2-1.9 perl-5.8.0-88.3 perl-libwww-perl-5.65-6 python-2.2.2-26 vcdimager-0.7.17-0.pm.2 wget-1.8.2-9 xchm-0.8.11-1mdk xmms-1.2.7-21.p
the latest packages in debian.testing are:
xfree86-common (4.3.0.dfsg.1-1) aspell (0.50.5-2) bash (2.05b-15) efax (1:0.9a-14) emacs21 (21.3+1-5) fluxbox (0.1.14-4) gcc-3.2 (1:3.2.3-9) libwww-perl (5.76-2) lynx (2.8.5-1) mozilla (2:1.6-5) ncurses-base (5.4-4) pan (0.14.2.91-1) perl (5.8.3-3) python (2.3.3-7) ssh (1:3.8p1-3) vcdimager (0.7.20-1) wget (1.9.1-4) xchm (0.9.1-1) xmms (1.2.10-1)
documented on: 2004.06.08
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup
>I found my debian is way to old, comparing to the above list. My friend >*just* installed for me from internet. what make this great difference?
Your friend must have installed slink, the current stable release … it's getting pretty old.
>Anyway, I'm goining to install potato myself. The problem is that I'm >quite new to linux world, though not so much for unix. Could somebody >list the first ABC steps to install a potato version from internet >(good enough to me according to the list above), and where on the web >the docs I can refer to, please?
www.debian.org should have everything you need. The installation notes for potato (on Intel architectures) are at this URL (recombine onto one line):
I guess that when potato releases then these will be on Debian's web server, too, but Netscape seems to be able to handle web pages on FTP servers OK.
>Can I use apt-get instead of dselect?
Yes, though I still think dselect's interactivity is useful in the installation phase; I think it makes it easier to see what's going on at that point. But for some strange reason I actually *like* dselect, so take this as you will. :)
>Also, is it difficult to migrate to woody once I've installed potato?
1) Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to woody rather than potato; 2) 'dselect' and 'Update', or 'apt-get update'. 3) Either 'dselect' and 'Select' followed by 'Install', or 'apt-get dist-upgrade'.
That's it. The only snags might be due to bugs in packages in woody, which you can expect to be a little more common than in potato. Debian is *good* at upgradeability - you should never need to reinstall.
>what if I want to upgrade some of my packages.
You can download packages from a Debian mirror and upgrade them using 'dpkg -i filename.deb', if you don't want to upgrade the whole distribution. You may have to download additional packages to satisfy dependencies (don't be tempted to override them unless you *really* know something's wrong; I used to make that mistake on Red Hat and it caused me a lot of problems).
For a while, you should be able to install woody packages on a potato system without having to download too many extra packages to satisfy dependencies. This probably won't be true forever, but it should be true for a while yet.
Colin Watson