Hi, I'm a Linux newbie using version 2.2 of Debian GNU/Linux on an old 486 with 16megs of ram and 268 megs of HD space. I just installed Linux and read the tutorial found on-line at the Debian web site. While reading through the tutorial I came across the command "man" and it said to try the command "man -k Postscript" as a demonstration. I typed in the command and I got the message " bash : man : command not found ". I went on IRC to the debian channel and the people there told me to go to logon root and type the command "apt-get install man" or "apt-get install man-db" either one resulted in an error message : " E: couldn't find package man ".
Could someone please help me and tell me how do I get the "man" command working or installed into my system. Thank you ! at P.S. I checked the /usr directory and I did find the directory of /man there as well as the subdirectories of /man : /man1 , /man5, and /man8. These three directories had filed that ended in .gz Any help would be appreciated. thanks again
