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From: Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Howto Read the Fine Manual
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On Tue, 22 May 2007 22:09:33 +0200
Florian Philipp <f.philipp@addcom.de> wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> This question is so basic it's nearly embarrassing to ask...
> 
> Why doesn't apropos or man -k find anything? 
> 
> For example:
> # man -k man
> man: nothing appropriate
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Florian Philipp

you need to build the database first.  try 'makewhatis' as root
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