[kwlug-disc] No manpage in Snap packages?

[Paul Nijjar]

It looks like there has been some official discussion about this, but
it sounds as if it should have been fixed now? I admit I do not really
understand the proposed solution.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1575593

But the workaround is to put paths in your MANPATH environment
variable: 

https://askubuntu.com/questions/764835/how-can-i-view-man-pages-for-apps-installed-via-snaps

(Sorry for doing the obvious searches about this. Your question got me
curious.)

- Paul

On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 01:16:46AM -0400, William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:
> OK, manpages are included, buried in /snap/jq and /snap/xmlstarlet.
> The question is, then, how do you let "man" know?
> 
> On 2022-06-06 00:57, William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:
> > I installed "jq" and "xmlstarlet" utilities as Snap package in Kubuntu
> > 22.04.� There are no manpages for these utilities!� Is this normal?� Or,
> > is it just these packages?
> > 
> > I removed them, and installed via 'apt install'.� Then, I find manpages
> > as expected.
> 
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