A.1 Kinds of Documentation
On Debian systems, you can find documentation in at least the following places:
◼ man pages, read with the man command.
◼ info pages, read with the info command.
◼ The /usr/doc/package directories, where package is the name of the Debian package.
Tip:
zless is useful for reading the files in /usr/doc; see section 8.1 on page [*] for details.
◼ /usr/doc/HOWTO/contains the Linux Documentation Project’s HOWTO documents, if you’ve installed the Debian packages containing them.
◼ Many commands have an -h or -help option. Type the command name followed by one of these options to try it.
◼ The Debian Documentation Project[[1]] has written some manuals.
◼ The Debian support page[[2]] has a FAQ and other resources. You can also try the Linux web site[[3]].
[1] http://www.debian.org/~elphick/ddp/
[2] http://www.debian.org/support/
[3] http://www.linux.org
The confusing variety of documentation sources exists for many reasons. For example, info is supposed to replace man, but man hasn’t disappeared yet. However, it’s nice to know that so much documentation exists!
So where to look for help? Here are some suggestions: