<to...@tuxteam.de> writes:

> On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 11:28:32PM -0700, David Masterson wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Hmm.  For me 'texdoc -l latex' in a shell showed me this:
>> 
>>  1 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-latex.pdf
>>  2 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/light-latex-make/llmk.pdf
>>  3 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latex-papersize/README
>>    = Readme
>>  4 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latex-git-log/README.md
>>  5 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/light-latex-make/README.md.gz
>>  6 
>> /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/hook-pre-commit-pkg/pre-commit-latex.gz
>> 
>> Searching around my system, I don't find the file, but all latex
>> packages seem to be installed.  Maybe it's not in Debian Bullseye?
>
> It seems to be a problem in texdoc. The file itself is there:
>
>   tomas@trotzki:~$ apt-file search latex-doc-ptr.pdf
>   texlive-lang-english: 
> /usr/share/doc/texlive-doc/latex/latex-doc-ptr/latex-doc-ptr.pdf
>
> This is Bullseye, but I don't expect those things to change in Buster.

Ah!  That's the problem -- I didn't have texlive-lang-english installed!
I also didn't know about 'apt-file search' -- useful command!

'texdoc latex' now works for me.

Thanks
-- 
David Masterson

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