debmany -V (return code: 1)
debmany 1.5
Description: Display a manpage or documentation files from a Debian package.
The list of files is displayed in a dialog.
Supported locations for Debian packages are: Local .deb-file,
a package in the repository or an installed package.
The default for manpages is man - sensible-pager is used for other files.
Default can be overridden with -k|-g|-x and -m -o.
Syntax1 : debmany [-?|-h|--help]
Syntax2 : debmany [-v[v]] [-k|-g|-x] [-m manviewer] [-o otherviewer] [-L limit] [-l lang1[,...]] package[.deb]
Syntax3 : debmany [-v[v]] [-k|-g|-x] [-m manviewer] [-o otherviewer] [-L limit] [-l lang1[,...]] -z [package[.deb]]
Examples: debmany foo.deb show manpages from a local package file foo.deb
debmany foo show manpages from a package, if the package is
not installed it is retrieved from the
configured repositories.
debmany -k foo show files using your preferred viewer (KDE)
man: kfmclient exec man:%s other: kfmclient exec %s
debmany -g foo show files using your preferred viewer (GNOME)
man: gnome-open man:%s other: gnome-open %s
debmany -x foo show files using your preferred viewer
man: xdg-open man:%s other: xdg-open %s
using xdg-open from xdg-utils package (Xfce users)
debmany -m 'konqueror man:%s' -l 'de*,fr*' -L 5M foo
show English, German and French manpages using
konqueror as man-viewer and ask if download size
exceeds 5M
debmany -z -k use zenity (as dialog) to select packages and files
TMPDIR=~/tmp debmany -k -o 'foo.sh %s' -l de,fr -L 5M foo
use ~/tmp as temporary folder
use KDE-defaults but override viewer for other files
debmany -v foo show some debugging information (-vv show more)
alias debmany='debmany -l de -L 5M -k'; debmany -m man -l 'zh*' foo
set an alias with your preferred options and
override them if needed
ERROR: Unknown option '--version'.
debmany --help (return code: 0)
debmany 1.5
Description: Display a manpage or documentation files from a Debian package.
The list of files is displayed in a dialog.
Supported locations for Debian packages are: Local .deb-file,
a package in the repository or an installed package.
The default for manpages is man - sensible-pager is used for other files.
Default can be overridden with -k|-g|-x and -m -o.
Syntax1 : debmany [-?|-h|--help]
Syntax2 : debmany [-v[v]] [-k|-g|-x] [-m manviewer] [-o otherviewer] [-L limit] [-l lang1[,...]] package[.deb]
Syntax3 : debmany [-v[v]] [-k|-g|-x] [-m manviewer] [-o otherviewer] [-L limit] [-l lang1[,...]] -z [package[.deb]]
Examples: debmany foo.deb show manpages from a local package file foo.deb
debmany foo show manpages from a package, if the package is
not installed it is retrieved from the
configured repositories.
debmany -k foo show files using your preferred viewer (KDE)
man: kfmclient exec man:%s other: kfmclient exec %s
debmany -g foo show files using your preferred viewer (GNOME)
man: gnome-open man:%s other: gnome-open %s
debmany -x foo show files using your preferred viewer
man: xdg-open man:%s other: xdg-open %s
using xdg-open from xdg-utils package (Xfce users)
debmany -m 'konqueror man:%s' -l 'de*,fr*' -L 5M foo
show English, German and French manpages using
konqueror as man-viewer and ask if download size
exceeds 5M
debmany -z -k use zenity (as dialog) to select packages and files
TMPDIR=~/tmp debmany -k -o 'foo.sh %s' -l de,fr -L 5M foo
use ~/tmp as temporary folder
use KDE-defaults but override viewer for other files
debmany -v foo show some debugging information (-vv show more)
alias debmany='debmany -l de -L 5M -k'; debmany -m man -l 'zh*' foo
set an alias with your preferred options and
override them if needed