NAME

       debman - read man pages from uninstalled packages

SYNOPSIS

       debman -f filename [-- man(1) options] name
       debman -p package [-- man(1) options] name
       debman -p package=version [-- man(1) options] name

DESCRIPTION

       debman  extracts a Debian package into a temporary directory and displays manual pages from it. If the -f
       option is used, it will use a local .deb file; if the -p option is  used,  it  will  download  the  named
       package  using debget.  If a version number is appended with "=" to the package name, the package of that
       version will be used (if known to APT).

ENVIRONMENT

       debman intentionally ignores any $MANPATH environment variable that might be set, and constructs its  own
       such that only manual pages within the package will be displayed.

AUTHOR

       debman was written by Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO

       debget(1)

                                                 11 January 2003                                       DEBMAN(1)