Hi, I'm working on Ubuntu 12.04, and compiling from the git source. I created the html version of the manuals like this (my samba-master tree is ~/samba-master).
sudo apt-get install docbook-utils xsltproc cd ~/samba-master/docs-xml cp Makefile.settings.in Makefile.settings I edited Makefile.settings, and changed 2 lines: XSLTPROC = xsltproc # was @XSLTPROC@ . . . OUTPUTDIR = /usr/local/samba/share # was output sudo make htmlman sudo make manpages This creates /usr/local/samba/share/htmldocs/manpages/index.html and many other pages in that same directory. It also creates /usr/local/samba/share/manpages. I can get at the html files using the browser. I haven't had success accessing the manpages using the man system yet. Endel -----Original Message----- From: samba-boun...@lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-boun...@lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Tom McArthur Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 7:06 PM To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] Installing manpages According to the Samba documentation, the manpages are supposed to be installed with Samba. Quote: docs/manpages: You don't need to worry about these yet; during the installation, the files will be installed so that you can use the man command to read them. But you can take a look in the directory to see which manpages are available. My problem: Samba4 on 64bit Fedora 17 will not install the manpages, other than a bare-bones "samba" page. Specifically, it will not install the "smb.conf" page. What I tried: I tried reinstalling Samba with the following commands: sudo yum reinstall samba4 sudo yum reinstall samba4-devel sudo yum reinstall samba4-common sudo yum reinstall samba4-libs No luck - "man smb.conf" still gave a "No manual entry for smb.conf" error. After googling some more, I found the "make installman" command. So I downloaded the source for Samba4, and ran ./configure, make, and then make installman. That returned the following error: No rule to make target `installman' Wow, this is a PITA. Googling for that error didn't reveal anything helpful. Next, I reinstalled from source (which I just finished compiling), thinking the manpages might be installed with a full, manual installation: sudo make install. Still no luck - "man smb.conf" still gives the same error. During my googling, I remember reading about pointing the "man" command to the location of the manpages. So, I used the following command to look for the man pages: locate smb|grep man Next, "man man" told me the location of the local man config file. I wasn't sure which PATH to use, so I added these to /etc/man_db.conf: MANPATH_MAP /bin /usr/local/samba/share/man MANPATH_MAP /usr/bin /usr/local/samba/share/man MANPATH_MAP /sbin /usr/local/samba/share/man That finally fixed my manpage problem. Why must the Samba man pages be so $#@%#! difficult to install? Every other Linux application that I have ever installed automatically installs the man pages. Why can't Samba do the same thing? PS: This email would be a lot easier to read if mailing lists supported <code> tags, or if Samba had a forum or bulletin board. :) -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba