Anybody want to make a virtual package "man" which depends on man-db and
all manpages (asr and funny as well? ) ?  This might not be a bad idea...

On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Gwen Elizabeth Thomas wrote:

> > I'm trying to install package man.
> 
> I assume you mean you want the package that gives you the man command.
> This package is actually man-db, not man.
> 
> > When I `apt-get install man` I get a message that states "E: package man
> > has no installation candidate."   What does this mean?
> 
> There is no Debian package called man, and the error above is apt's way of
> telling you that.  Try `apt-get install man-db` instead.
> 
> -gwen
> 
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