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After Installation, Using Man produces Error
- To: <mxgl at usa dot net>
- Subject: After Installation, Using Man produces Error
- From: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 15:21:10 +0100
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- References: <20010706200712.22331.qmail@nw178.netaddress.usa.net>
On 6 Jul 01, mxgl@usa.net writes:
> I just installed cygwin, and using man produced the following message:
>
> Error executing formatting or display command.
> System command (cd /usr/man ; (echo -e ".pl 11i"; cat /usr/man/man1/grep.1) |
> /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/groff -Tascii -mandoc | gzip >
> /usr/man/cat1/grep.1.gz) exited with status 32512.
> No manual entry for grep
>
> I repeated the installation, no change! Everything else seems to run o.k. I
> downloaded groff, man, gzip again, no change!
This is in the FAQ: "Why doesn't man (or apropos) work?"
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